▪UNIPORT mourns, declares a five-day period of mourning
A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Professor Emeritus Nimi Briggs, is dead.
He was aged 79.
His death was announced in a statement issued by the family on Monday.
According to the statement, Briggs died in the early hours of Easter Monday.
The late Briggs was a Nigerian academic and Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
He was chairman of the Federal Government Renegotiation Committee on the 2009 Agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
He was also a former Chairman, Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) and former Chairman of the Board of the National Hospitals.
Until his death, Prof. Emeritus Briggs was Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Bayelsa Medical University, in Yenagoa.
The University of Port Harcourt management has declared a five-day mourning from Monday 10th to Friday 14th April for its late former VC, who served as the fifth VC of the institution.
A statement by the institution said all UNIPORT flags on campus were to fly half-mast, while a condolence register would be opened in the Office of the Vice Chancellor, Senate building and the College of Health Science where the deceased was a professor.
The UNIPORT management urged all staff members, students, and stakeholders to “pray for the repose of the soul of the varsity’s former Vice Chancellor and strength for his family to remain strong”
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