Nnenna Oti
Nigerian professor and the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri.
Nnenna Nnannaya Oti (born 15 November 1958) is a Nigerian professor and the first female substantive Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri. Oti defeated Ikechukwu Dozie on 13 April 2021 and has resumed office as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of the institution on 19 June 2021.
Quotes
edit- The pastor and the mother in me will not permit me to do anything that will adversely affect the future of our children.
- I shall stand squarely and unapologetically on these principles. The people’s votes and mandate shall stand
- Under me, votes must count, under me, the people’s mandate must be upheld.
Quotes about Nnenna Oti
edit"Prof. Nnenna Oti is a living example of excellence and patriotism – Ooni of Ife" (13 May 2023)
editOoni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi's description of Professor Nnenna Oti
- Significantly, she epitomises the finest and most dedicated intellectual culture of our beautiful nation. She signifies centuries of cutting-edge scholasticism, the foundation of which our great forefathers laid.
- Fundamentally, our greatest resource capital as a nation is our women, who are keenly and immensely nurturing with all dedication our imperfect nation to perfection. Professor Nnenna Oti exemplifies their world and our untapped richness.
- Despite tremendous lobbying and financial inducement, she gave democracy a new meaning as the returning officer by standing for equity, fairness, and righteousness.
"Lotus for Professor Oti" (2 April 2023)
edit- She has become the portrait of a new Nigeria we all yearn for; a Nigeria where merit is honoured above mediocrity; where the marauding mob of gangsters and corporate goons will never ever have their way.
