Prof Ezegwui emerges new Provost University of Nigeria College of Medicine

▪︎Prof Ejim elected Dean Medical Sciences 

▪︎Prof Ugwoke Eze becomes Dean Health Sciences and Tech

▪︎ ASUU disrupts exercise at Nsukka Campus

Professor Hyginus Ezegwui has emerged as the new Provost of the University of Nigeria College of Medicine, with  a landslide victory 

Ezegwui in a keenly contested election Tuesday, at the Enugu campus of the University of Nigeria, beat his opponent Prof Bond Anyaehie with a wide margin of 255 votes to 55.

Professor Ezegwui, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, who takes over from Professor Uchenna Nwagha, was a former Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

In other elections that took place in the University,  Professor Emmanuel Ejim was elected Dean Faculty of Medical Sciences,  while Professor Ugwoke Eze was elected as the new Dean of Health  Sciences and Technology.

Professor Ejim defeated his opponent, Professor Cyril Dim, 102 votes to 82, while Professor Ugwoke Eze was returned unopposed 

Signature TV learnt that elections could not take place in the Nsukka campus of the University and some venues at UNEC, as officials of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) disrupted the elections on the strength of the ongoing ASUU strike.

ASUU has been on strike for months with no end in sight, as the union and the Federal Government continue to disagree on the way forward.

Candidates elected for leadership positions in the Schools and Faculties of the University are expected to serve for two years.