Chukwu is the very best candidate, Professional-Chancellor insistsFive days after his appointment, the Federal Authorities has rescinded the choice to nominate Prof. Lucian Chukwu because the substantive Vice Chancellor of Admiralty College, Ibuzor, Delta State.
In an announcement by the Federal Ministry of Training yesterday, the federal government admitted erring within the appointment of Prof. Chukwu as VC of the establishment.
Nevertheless, a chronicle of occasions resulting in the ultimate collection of the VC, as detailed by the Professional Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of ADUN, Vice Admiral J.D. Ezeoba, reveals Prof. Chukwu as essentially the most excellent, scoring 83.41 per cent, in comparison with Prof. Christopher Ogbogbo’s 72.5 per cent.
The assertion, signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Folasade Boriowo, as an alternative introduced Prof. Christopher Ogbogbo’s appointment because the substantive Vice-Chancellor.
In accordance with the assertion, the Federal Ministry of Training defined that it was setting the file straight relating to the current appointment of the substantive Vice-Chancellor of Admiralty College of Nigeria, Ibuzor, Delta State. Opposite to current deceptive studies, the Ministry later found, as a truth, that due course of was meticulously adopted within the choice course of culminating within the appointment of Prof. Christopher B.N. Ogbogbo because the substantive VC.
The assertion reads: “Following an intensive evaluate of the choice course of, subsequent ministerial intervention and in keeping with the Federal Authorities’s dedication to benefit and equity, the Ministry confirms that Prof. Christopher B.N. Ogbogbo is essentially the most eligible candidate for the place of substantive Vice Chancellor of ADUN.
“Moreover, the Federal Ministry of Training has equally famous the declassification of the Council’s twenty first Extraordinary Assembly Report of February 26 and 27, 2025, which is designed to advertise full transparency.”
Ezeoba, in a memo to the President, dated March 3, 2025, detailed that the KPMG and Joint Choice Committee-led course of was clear and merit-based, with three finalists introduced to the Governing Council for affirmation of the VC.
The Professional Chancellor, nonetheless, famous that the choice course of acquired controversial with some members of the Council demanding suspension of benefit and that essentially the most certified candidate shouldn’t be the VC.
