Despite the controversy surrounding him election, the newly
appointed Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State,
Prof. Joseph E. Ahaneku, assumed office, just as he pledged to transform the
university within his five-year tenure, reports DigitalSENSE Campus Pavilion.
An official press statement from UNIZIK quoted Prof.
Ahaneku as saying this when he met the leadership of the Students Union Executive
of the University who paid him a courtesy visit to congratulate him on his
recent laudable emergence as the 5thsubstantive Vice-Chancellor of
UNIZIK.
Elated VC expressed thanks to the students for the
confidence they have in him and for finding time to pay him a visit.
Prof. Ahaneku recalled his student days and said that the
University exists because of the students, underscoring the act that university
has united all inside the ivory tower with common destiny, common goal where
knowledge is imparted and ultimately aimed in solving the problems of society.
The University, he recalled under the first Vice-Chancellor Prof. Kenneth Onwuka
Dike suffered immensely;(the first ever Nigerian VC) and also the Great Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (the
first President of independent Nigeria) after whom the University was named. The
new VC therefore insisted that the University must continue to retain its first
identity and called on the University community to be ready to make sacrifices
for the growth of the University.
As said by him, what the University requires at this time is
hard-work, dedication and loyalty so that our collective dream for the
University will be realized. He specifically requested the students’
leaders to imbibe due process in all they do while urging them to maintain the
existing peace in the University which is the hallmark of the good character
that UNIZIK students are known for.
Prof. Ahaneku called on the students to read their books
and shun vices such as examination malpractices and other forms of
indiscretions. He also called on the students to dialogue on issues that affect
them as his doors are wide open for the students.
Speaking earlier the President of the Students Union
Government (SUG) Comrade Chukwunonso Ibe assured the loyalty and support of the
entire students population to the new incoming Vice-Chancellor of the University
Prof. Joseph E. Ahaneku.
Comrade Ibe said he led the Students’ Union Executive
Committee to congratulate the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor. He noted that
students of the University closely monitored the process of the appointment and
felt satisfied that a true academic and researcher has emerged as VC. Comrade
Ibe thanked the Governing Council for a transparent process which led to the
emergence of the new VC.
In company of the Vice President Comrade Queen O.
Agulefo; Chief Judge of the Students Court, Chief Justice Ifesinachi A.
Muoneme; Speaker of the students Parliament Hon. Chekwube Okigbo; the youthful
students’ leader expressed joy at the turn of events in UNIZIK, pledging the
loyalty and support of the students in maintaining calm in the University.
The
students’ leader who described the new VC as humble, reiterated the readiness
of the students to back the new VC in any situation and go to any length to
assist him entrench the University as number one in the country. In return the
students’ leader solicited for the support of the new Vice-Chancellor in
affairs of the students.
The VP Queen Agulefo, Okigbo Chekwube (Hon. Speaker)
and Muoneme Ifesinachi (Chief Justice) in their various remarks thanked the
Vice-Chancellor for the warm reception accorded them.
Uju Nweke/GEE
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