Nnenna Oti Elected FUTO New VC
Prof Nnenna Oti has been elected as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution by the Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO).
Prof. Oti who hails from Ebonyi state succeeds the outgoing vice-chancellor, Prof. Francis Eze.
She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic until her new appointment.
Her closest rival was Prof. Ikechukwu Dozie who scored 69.7 points.
Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Prof. John Offem, announced her appointment after a day-long selection and interview of the seven candidates that scaled through the initial selection process.
Prof. Offem said that there were a total of 29 applications at the initial stage and only seven emerged after final selection.