The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Enefiok Essien (SAN), who disclosed this at a pre-convocation briefing at the main campus stated that some projects completed within his two years in office would also be inaugurated.
He listed some of the projects to include 1000 and 500 capacity lecture theatres, academy staff building, student hostel block among others while others were at various stages of completion.
Professor Essien revealed that his initial challenges on assumption of office were to tackle strike by a major staff union on campus, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), as well as the national economic recession.
Since then, he said there was no local strike either by the staff or students in the institution linking it to his style of administration which allowed communication flow with open, focus and transparent administration.
Essien said his vision was to improve on the present 26th position in the ranking of the UNIUYO among other tertiary institutions in the country.
He indicated that many of the programmes offered in the school had received full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) while few others were under-going accreditation.
“Talking of excellence, both our staff and students have won prizes, awards and honours within the last two years,” he said.
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