” Sleep and food to me, were mere luxury rather than necessity of life. My only preoccupation was how to ensure the safety of my Staff and Students thereby allowing for smooth academic operations”
Prof. Njodi.
” Governing the University of Maiduguri under an insurgence ridden enviroment was like ” changing tyres on a moving Vehicle” or Erecting canopies in the vortex of cylone”
Prof. I. A . Njodi
” I make bold to say that my students were my greatest assets in my resolve to courageously defy the Boko Haram antics. The thought of my Students was akin to the thought of my Biological childrend “
Prof. Njodi
” The welfare of Students become my number one Priority. I personally visited them. Going round Lecture theatres to observed my students become a routine. I took turns in engaging some of them in conversation. I deliberately chose to dress in Jeans, T-shirts and face Caps as means of showing to most students”
Prof. Njodi
” As a Vice Chancellor, the Sucide Bomber that killed the Professor of Vetinary Medicine exploded just one street away from the VC’S official residence. The Bomb shock the building and left my family members scampering and confused “
Prof. Njodi
” Senate resolved to keep the University open and functioning. A decision adjudged to be as a result of doggedness, resilience and Sucidal Commitment “
Prof. Njodi.
” It was then, that I came to appreciate the meaning of the adage that says, ” Unusual problems requires unusual solutions” and that which which says ” necessity is the mother of invention”. We took Unusual drastic measures to ensure that the University operates and function.
Professor Njodi
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