Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has appointed Vice Chancellors for the three newly established Universities in the State.
Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr Chiedu Ebie revealed this in a statement on Monday night,
According to him, Prof Ben Emukufia Akpoyomare Oghojafor is the Vice-Chancellor of Dennis Osadebay University, Anwai, Asaba, Prof Stella Chinye Chiemeke is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delta, Agbor, while Prof Jacob Snapps Oboreh is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology, Ozoro.
The statement added that the appointments were with immediate effect.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the National Universities Commission (NUC) recently approved the upgrade of the three institutions in the state to universities.
The development made Delta a state with the highest number of public universities in the country.
The state, with the three approved universities in addition to the one already in existence, now has four universities.