Victoria Adaobi Obasi

Victoria Adaobi Obasi (born 14 April 1952) is a Professor and past Vice Chancellor of Imo State University. She hails from Ogboko in Ideato South Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria. Between 2011–2013, she was Commissioner for Education in Imo State. She is the daughter of Chief Fred and Ezinne Felicia Nnoham and is married to Chief Charles Obasi of Dim Na Nume in Isu Local Government Area, Imo State, with five children.

Quotes

• I will continue to tell my colleagues that the welfare of the staff has something to do with their output. If a staff is satisfied, he produces more. In Nigeria, you have seen people work hard for months, they are owed salaries, they are owed promotional arrears, they are not given what is due to them, that is not the best.

• If we get it right in education, we must have have gotten it right. Education should be properly funded and we want education to stand firm. If we have good education, there will be no unemployment, there will be no kidnapping, there will be no Boko Haram.
  • [1] Adaobi Obasi speaking on workers welfare
• I came in as Acting Vice-Chancellor and, by the grace of God, was elevated as substantive Vice-Chancellor. I would not be fair to myself if I say I have not encountered challenges. We are living in a man’s world, so, no matter how hard a woman tries to showcase herself in whatever position she occupies, it may seem as if she is not proving her mettle. I have had my ups and downs, but stood as the Rock of Gibraltar because the position I occupy is built on God.
  • [2] Adaobi Obasi speaking in an exclusive interview