History was made at Federal University of Technology, Owerri in Imo state, on Tuesday as Professor Nnenna Nnannaya emerged the first ever female Vice Chancellor of the institution since establishment in 1980.
While announcing the result of the interview which was attended by seven shortlisted candidates, Professor Nnannaya scored 75. 5 per cent to beat her closest rival Professor Ikechukwu Dozie who scored 69.7 per cent and five other candidates.
The announcement was made by the governing council of the institution led by Professor John Offem after a stiff contest by seven other professors.
Nnannaya hails from Afikpo in Ebonyi state and is a Professor of Soil Science and Environmental conservation.
She was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor on Academics of FUTO and the first woman to assume that position since the inception of the school and had also served as Dean of Post-Graduate School of FUTO.
Prof. Nnannaya graduated with First Class honours in soil science in 1982 from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and obtained her Master’s in Soil Microbiology/Biochemistry in 1986 in the same school.
She bagged PGD in Irrigation Engineering with Distinctions in 1987 at Katholieke University, Leuven in Belgium and obtained her Ph.D in Soil/Environmental Control in FUTO in 2002.
Nnannaya served as a Member of the National Confab in 2014 and obtained the NUC-Best HOD award (NUDTAS) in 2002 and has these honours to her credit: FSSSN, MASN, MSSSA, MCSSA, MASA, JP.
She will succeed the outgoing V.C Professor Eze in June as the 8th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University.
Watch a heartwarming video of Professor Nnenna Nnannaya celebrating her victory below;
Meet the First Female VC FUTO
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