Dr. Phillips Nto
Onyekachi Njoku
A don of an Abia State-based tertiary institution sued for the staff and people of the state support for Dr. Alex Otti, the state governor.
Abia State College of Education, Technical Arochukwu, provost, Dr. Philips Nto, made this plea speaking as he formally handed over the leadership of the college to the Deputy Provost, Mr. Ikechukwu Okorouga.
Nto, a former commissioner for finance, Said the new governor required the support and prayers of the people because of the enormous challenges before him.
Expressing confidence in the ability of Dr. Alex Otti to administer the state well, he pleaded with him to pay special attention to ASCETA in his developmental programmes, stating that he was fulfilled after giving his best to the college in the last seven years.
The out-going provost noted that he had transformed the college especially in Academics and infrastructure, saying that it was ready to be converted to a university.
Describing the Acting Provost, Mr Ikechukwu Okorouga, as a consummate academic and astute administrator who will consolidate on the achievements he recorded, Nto expressed appreciation to the staff for their dedication and hard work irrespective of the challenges of irregular payment of salaries.
He told them to extend the same level of support to his successor and wished them and the college well in the years ahead.
In his remarks, the acting Provost said the college would miss Dr. Nto for his religious zeal in the development of ASCETA, just as he pledged to follow the footsteps of his successor to ensure the consolidation of the achievements already recorded in staff development and Infrastructural growth.
Okorouga pledged his loyalty to the administration of Dr. Otti, and urged all staff to rededicate themselves to duty as the new government was poised to attend to their welfare.
