Authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state Tuesday debunked reports that it’s Vice Chancellor , Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone has tested positive for coronavirus.
Tales around Awka, the Anambra state capital insinuate that the Vice Chancellor was infected by the virus following his association with some top government functionaries who attended the last convocation ceremony of the institution last month.
But a press release signed by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mrs. Chika Gladys Ene and made available to newsmen in Awka dismissed the assertions insisting the Vice Chancellor is hale and hearty.
It read in part: “Much as we would not want to join issues with the peddlers of this story, it has become imperative that we make the following clarifications:
“That in the last six months, the Vice Chancellor has not travelled out of the country.
“That those the Vice Chancellor had contact with since the spread of the virus in Nigeria have not tested positive to the virus.
“That the Vice Chancellor has been discharging his duties as since inception till date.”
The release however urged members of the public to discountenance the speculations as they are not only untrue but a calculated attempt to malign the image and reputation of the Vice Chancellor and that of the Uversity.
The statement adde that Chinese teachers who traveled home last December were advised to remain in their country pending when a solution to the COVID-19 spread and has not returned to Nigeria since then.
