{"id":233856,"date":"2025-08-06T11:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/ikpeazu-hails-ortuanyas-appointment-as-unn-vice-chancellor\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:22:04","slug":"ikpeazu-hails-ortuanyas-appointment-as-unn-vice-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/ikpeazu-hails-ortuanyas-appointment-as-unn-vice-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikpeazu Hails Ortuanya\u2019s Appointment as UNN Vice Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ikpeazu Hails Ortuanya\u2019s Appointment as UNN Vice Chancellor<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has congratulated Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya on his appointment as Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Wednesday by his media adviser, Enyinnaya Appolos, Dr. Ikpeazu described the appointment as \u201ctimely and well-deserved,\u201d citing Ortuanya\u2019s outstanding record in academia, public service, and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He commended the new VC\u2019s contributions during his time as Director-General of the South-East Governors\u2019 Forum, where he played a key role in fostering regional cooperation, and later as Secretary to the Enugu State Government under former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProfessor Ortuanya is a committed intellectual, a bridge-builder, and a tested public servant. His elevation is not just a personal milestone, but a significant gain for the Southeast and Nigeria\u2019s academic community,\u201d Ikpeazu said.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed confidence in Ortuanya\u2019s ability to drive innovation and uphold the legacy of UNN, describing the university as a national pride and a beacon of academic excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you take up this noble task, may your tenure be marked by innovation, excellence, and the continued upliftment of UNN\u2019s proud legacy,\u201d the former governor added.<\/p>\n<p>Ortuanya\u2019s appointment as the head of Nigeria\u2019s first indigenous university has been widely applauded across academic and political circles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-220085326-217525-689307e946ce2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/?ver=14.9#blog_id=220085326&amp;post_id=217525&amp;origin=nationalambassadorngr.com&amp;obj_id=220085326-217525-689307e946ce2\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-220085326-217525-689307e946ce2\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalambassadorngr.com\/ikpeazu-hails-ortuanyas-appointment-as-unn-vice-chancellor\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ikpeazu-hails-ortuanyas-appointment-as-unn-vice-chancellor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ikpeazu Hails Ortuanya\u2019s Appointment as UNN Vice Chancellor Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has congratulated Professor Simon Uchenna Ortuanya on his appointment as Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). In a statement issued on Wednesday by his media adviser, Enyinnaya Appolos, Dr. Ikpeazu described the appointment as \u201ctimely and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}