{"id":153115,"date":"2025-02-27T09:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/unn-no-longer-leading-as-nigerias-premier-university-new-acting-vc-ujam"},"modified":"2025-02-27T23:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:15:27","slug":"unn-no-longer-leading-as-nigerias-premier-university-new-acting-vc-ujam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/unn-no-longer-leading-as-nigerias-premier-university-new-acting-vc-ujam","title":{"rendered":"UNN no longer leading as Nigeria\u2019s premier university \u2013 New acting VC, Ujam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Oguejiofo T. Ujam, has said for the institution to have changed three consecutive acting Vice Chancellors within three years does not require rocket science to note that it has greatly retreated from its leading position as Nigeria\u2019s premier university.<\/p>\n<p>He urged members of the university\u2019s Senate to gear up for ethical reorientation, creative and innovative learning culture in the institution.<\/p>\n<p>He said for the university to witness \u201cthree consecutive acting Vice Chancellors within a year and it does not require rocket science to note that the institution has greatly retreated from its leading position as Nigeria\u2019s premier university,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ujam, stated this during his first address to the University\u2019s Senate on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said the institution was not left alone in the declining of moral standards going by what is happening in neighbouring schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis charge therefore comes as a collective demand on our individual contributions and responsibility to reposition the institution on a steady course to ethical and innovative learning,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He told the Senate that he was there as the Vice Chancellor for just six months after which a substantive VC is expected to take over.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed the hope that the Senate will work with him to \u201cdeliver on this expansive but limited mandate,\u201d noting that \u201cif we bury the negative passions of individualism, which undergirds the politics of who gets what, we will shun cleavages that undermine collective action.<\/p>\n<p>The acting VC informed the Senate that he plans to set up a Scholarship Office to encourage excellence in special and adaptive studies that are Afrocentric and forward looking.<\/p>\n<p>He stated: \u201cAs part of the grand vision vision to place UNN as a global player in the forward-looking tertiary education system, I plan to establish a University of Nigeria Scholarship Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNN should not be found wanting in the current technological contest defined by the rivalry between Open Artificial Intelligence and DeepSeek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to return UNN to its legendary status as a laboratory for human inquiry and invention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Oguejiofo T. Ujam, has said for the institution to have changed three consecutive acting Vice Chancellors within three years does not require rocket science to note that it has greatly retreated from its leading position as Nigeria\u2019s premier university. 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