Professor Blessing Didia, the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University, has been relieved of his appointment.
A statement posted on Governor Nyesom Wike’s twitter handle further disclosed that the decision was with ‘immediate effect’.
Also, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the institution, Professor Magnus Oruwari, was relieved of his appointment.
The university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Professor Opuenebo Owei, was appointed as the acting vice-chancellor.
Governor Wike also suspended the ongoing employment exercise at the institution.
He, thereafter, set up a committee to investigate the exercise and submit its report in two weeks.
