…Says,”Prof. Edoba B. Omoregie, has demonstrated positive pragmatic capacity”
By Igbotako Nowinta
THE Vice – Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Professor Edoba B. Omoregie, SAN, has been lauded for his proactive attitudes to administrative governance in the citadel of learning.
This declaration was made by a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ochuko Iduemre, in a chat with this Bureau Chief in Benin City, on Tuesday May 6th, 2025.
The university Don said the ivory towers in Nigeria need visionary administrators like Prof. Edoba Omoregie, who will perpetually go out to change things for the betterment and development of human capital, and ultimate best interests of students.
Prof. Ochuko Iduemre, who specializes in industrial sociology and labour related matters said the Vice – Chancellor has displayed glaring competence and positive pragmatic capacity in the areas of “staff development, infrastructural push, speedy release of results by Senate, students welfare, sanitation exercises and general peace and tranquility within the walls of the University of Benin”.
According to the ebullient Prof. “In the current Vice – Chancellor of the University of Benin, l am seeing a determined administrator, who is focused and missionary in his interventions. One of the central points of his agenda is staff cum students welfare; academic creativity and innovation. We are seeing a drastic commitment to general growth of the university, via frank and down to earth applications of policies, coming from a tireless, innovative, hardworking and productive administrator”.
Professor Edoba B. Omoregie, SAN, is the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). He was appointed on October 25, 2024, and he took over from Professor Lillian Salami, whose tenure ended on December 1, 2024.
Prof. Ochuko Iduemre is a versatile academic giant, a lesson in humility and an accomplished professional known for his incisive and insightful analyses.
