by By Elijah Ugani – Calabar
The senator representing cross river central senatorial district, Sen. Prof. Sandy Onor has congratulated Prof. Florence Obi on her appointment as the 11th and first female Vice Chancellor of the university of Calabar.
In a release made available to The Lumine News and signed by the Director General of the Caterpillar Movement, Chief Joe Obi Bisong, indicates that her well deserved appointment is call to higher service.
The relese reads in parts “With every sense of responsibility, I write on behalf of the Distinguished Sen. Prof. Sandy Ojang Onor, the good people of Cross River Central Senatorial District and the entire members of the Caterpillar Movement to heartily congratulate you on your resounding victory at the interview for the selection of the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar. As an acclaimed quintessential amazon and trail blazer who has distinguished herself in scholarship and administration, your victory has not come as a surprise to many of us.
“Your well-deserved appointment is a call to higher service and we pray that you use the office, to set a trajectory for others as you have always done. You have traversed the length and breadth of the academia and you are most strategically equipped to deploy your wealth of experience to reposition the University of Calabar for global competitiveness.
“I am confident that your meritorious service as Dean of Education and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic in the University had created the needed fulcrum and opportunity for you to under study the dynamics of leadership at that pedestal as well the challenges confronting the university system which makes you ably equipped for the job.
“May God grant you wisdom, foresight and the spirit of excellence as you mount the saddle as the 11th Vice- Chancellor and the first female chief executive of the University of Calabar.
“Once again, Congratulations!
Chief Hon. Joe Obi Bisong
Director General
Caterpillar Movement”
