Unizik debunks rumour that its VC tested positive for coronavirus

The authorities of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Anambra state yesterday denied reports making the round that it’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Charles Okechukwu Esimone is infected by coronavirus.

Stories in the state capital, Awka, has it that the Vice-Chancellor has tested positive to the virus following his association with some top government functionaries who attended the last convocation ceremony of the institution Last Month.

According to the release made available to Tribune Online in Awka and signed by the public relations officer of the university Mrs Chika Gladys Ene, the released stated;

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“Much as we would not want to join issues with the peddlers of this story it has become imperative that we make the following clarifications.

That in the last six months the Vice-Chancellor has not travelled out of the country.

That those the Vice-Chancellor had contact with since the spread of the virus in Nigeria have not tested positive to the virus.

That the Vice-Chancellor has been discharging his duties as since inception till date.

That members of the public should discountenance those stories as they are not only untrue but a calculated attempt to malign the image and reputation of the Vice-Chancellor and that of the university.

That those Chinese teachers who travelled home last December were advised to remain in their country pending the prosecution of the COVID 19 spread and has not returned to Nigeria ever since

 

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