Rivers State Governor has sacked the Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University , Prof Blessing Chimezie Didia.
Didia’s sack is not unconnected with the recruitment fraud rocking the institution.
Also sacked is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Professor Magnus Oruwari.
A statement by Dagogo Hart, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education said Governor Wike has approved the appointment of Professor Opuenebo B. Owei, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University.
The Statement added that Governor Wike has also suspended the ongoing employment exercise at the university.
A committee has been set up to investigate the employment exercise and report to the Rivers State Governor in two weeks.
