…Says admission into the varsity must be strictly on merit
Imo State Governor , Hope Uzodinma, has sacked the Vice -Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri , Prof Adaobi Obasi.
Uzodinma’ s Chief Press Secretary , Oguwike Nwachuku , in a statement , said the decision to sack Obasi was reached at an Executive Council Meeting chaired by the governor .
Nwachuku disclosed that the VC who is an aunt to a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha , would stop functioning in that capacity from December 30, 2020.
The statement read in part, “ The government has also okayed December 30, 2020, for the Vice- Chancellor of Imo State University, Prof. Victoria Adaobi Obasi, to stop functioning in that capacity.
“ The Executive Council of Imo State government gave the approvals on Wednesday , December 16, 2020, insisting that forensic audit of the University’ s finances has been necessary if the effort of Governor Hope Uzodimma as the Visitor of Imo State University to reposition the institution must not be a waste .
“ While considering the Whitepaper report of the Visitation Panel on IMSU that was headed by Prof. Chinedu Nebo , the Exco also approved December 30, 2020 as date for the end of tenure of Prof. Obasi as the Vice -Chancellor of the Imo State University,
“ The Executive Council meeting which was presided over by Governor Uzodimma equally approved that henceforth , all admissions into Imo State University, should be strictly on merit and that a Committee to handle all admissions will be set up under the leadership of the Registrar of the University . The idea , the Council noted, is to checkmate the level of admission racketeering in the University as reported by the panel. ”
