Florence Obi

“The long-term plan I have for the university is for the university to be globally competitive and highly ranked. My short-term plan is to put in place policies and that would make us become a globally competitive university.”

“I think one of the greatest achievements I would like to be associated with is the peace, unity, oneness and purpose on campus. I derive joy from the fact that people are working in a cordial environment and anybody can have access to the vice-chancellor.”

“As the first female vice-chancellor of the university, it comes with a lot of responsibility and expectations. Many people want to see what a female vice-chancellor can do. There are also high expectations from people who think the university is too complex for a woman to run.”

“I am not sure if I have taken any complex decision yet. Perhaps, the slight increase we recently introduced to school fees could count as one. It was not easy considering the economic situation in the country. Everyone is hard up, yet the university needs to keep moving along with other contemporary universities.”

“The VC is also responsible for administrative action and is the chief financial officer of the university. When things go wrong financially, the VC is held responsible. Those are the tripartite responsibilities of a vice-chancellor.”

“I can assure you that the government is doing something towards revitalising public universities.”

“We create the bias from the cradle when we begin to tell our children the chores that are meant for boys and those that are for girls.”