Prof. Nnenna Nnannaya Oti, was the Returning Officer, for the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) in the just concluded governorship election in Abia State, who wrote her name in gold.
She vowed that the people’s mandate shall stand, a commitment she held to the end
According to her, “I have spent all my adult life in pursuit of the ideals of good governance.
“I shall stand squarely and unapologetically on these principles. The people’s votes and mandate shall stand.
“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 do right by God and by man!
Prof. Oti defeated Ikechukwu Dozie on 13 April 2021 and has resumed office as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of the institution on 19 June 2021. Wikipedia
Prof. Oti, is from Afikpo, Ebonyi State and a Professor of Soil Science and Environmental Conservation who transferred her services from UNN to FUTO 30 years ago.
Her service in FUTO includes 3 cycles as the Head of Department of Soil Science and Technology, 4 years as Dean of Post Graduate School and Chairman, Committee of Deans. Her duties have also included membership of University Senate, joint Council/Senate committees, faculty and departmental boards and chairmanship of several committees.
A Fellow of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria, Prof. Nnenna Oti is a Chartered Soil Scientist, member of the Agricultural Society of Nigeria, member of the Soil Science Society of America, member of the Crop Science Society of America and member of the Agronomy Society of America and a host of others.
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With over 70 peer-reviewed national and international publications, Nnenna has also delivered over 100 invited papers at local, national and international platforms on gender issues, youth empowerment, national development, good governance and leadership.
She was a visiting scholar at The Ohio State University, USA, 1996-1997, a visiting Professor at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State (2013-2015) and an adjunct Professor, Imo State University from 2009-2020.
As a distinguished delegate to the 2014 national conference, Oti has helped to develop the blueprint of a great Nigeria.
She made a first-class honours degree in Soil Science and has an M.Sc in Soil Microbiology/Biochemistry from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), before proceeding to the Katholieke Universitiet Leuven, Belgium, where she bagged a PGD (Distinction) in Irrigation Engineering. In 2002, Nnenna broke an unusual record when she won the NUC – Best PhD in Nigeria Award.
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