By Elijah Ugani – Calabar
The management of the Cross River State University of Technology CRUTECH has announced Prof. Austin Angbah as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the institution.
Prof. Angba was until now the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution, and the third VC in the series in eighteen months after the expiration of the tenure of Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh.
On assumption of office, Prof. Angba has exhibited a high administrative prowess in the discharged of his duties.
The confirmation of Prof. Angba appointment as the substantive Vice Chancellor, comes on the heels the numerous calls from all spheres condemning the path government had taken to reduce the position of Vice Chancellor to acting capacity.
Angba’s appointment is greeted with widespread jubilation as cross riverians took to Facebook to celebrate his appointment, stating that they believed in his capacity to deliver.
Prof. Austin Angba is a lecturer, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Wildlife Resources Management, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State.