The Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, led by Air Vice Marshal Larry Koinyan (Rtd) has announced the appointment of Prof. Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution.

“After an exhaustive meeting held on Monday May 26, 2014, the Council voted eight members for Prof. Ahaneku and three members for Prof. Greg Nwakoby,” UNIZIK’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Emmanuel C. Ojukwu, said in a statement issued today in Awka.

Ahaneku is a Professor of Chemical Pathology and a Fellow of Academy of Science. Born in 1962, Prof. Ahaneku is coming to the job with a wealth of experience having served the outgoing Prof. Boniface Egboka’s administration for four years as Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration.

Prof. Ahaneku assumes office on June 3, 2014 as the fifth substantive Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University.

•Photo shows UNIZIK’s incoming VC, Prof. Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku.