Breaking News: FUTO Elects First Female Vice Chancellor

The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has elected Professor Nnenna Oti as a new Vice Chancellor to succeed the outgoing vice chancellor, Prof. Francis Eze.

The new vice chancellor Prof. Oti until her new appointment was the deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic
She emerged tops with 75.5 points to beat six other candidates. Her closest rival was Prof. Ikechukwu Dozie who scored 69.7 points.

Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Prof. John Offem announced the appointment of the new vice chancellor by 9.30pm 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.

Prof Oti hails from Ebonyi state