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Nnenna Oti Elected FUTO New VC

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.

Angela Davies

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