Okorocha is having a running battle with the Imo State Government over the ownership of the university.
The crisis had led to the closure of the institution by Okorocha, but Uzodimma had reversed the decision, saying that the university was licensed as the second university in the state.
Okorocha, on the other hand, is claiming that the university was established under a Public-Private Partnership between the state and Rochas Foundation, with the latter having 90 per cent and the former 10.
The appointment, according to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bertrand Ikegwuoha, is with immediate effect.
Dozie is a professor of Microbiology at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO).
Prof Dozie’s appointment is with immediate effect.
According to the Imo State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Thompson O. Ikegwuoha, with the appointment of Prof Dozie, “the former Vice Chancellor, Prof Tola Badejo, has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect.”
“This is sequel to the former Vice Chancellor’s unauthorised announcement, illegally suspending academic activities in the university for the 2020/2021 academic year.
“All students and staff of the University are consequently advised to disregard the unauthorised announcement of the former Vice Chancellor and return to normal academic and administrative life without delay,” Prof. Ikegwuoha added.
Born March 3, 1966, in Umuokazi Amuzi,