Deputy Gov Lauds Bursar On Commitment, Hard Work

The Cross River State Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu, has described the Bursar of the University of Calabar, Mrs Beatrice Ifeanyi Igwe, as diligent, hardworking and committed to her duties.
Esu stated this at a thanksgiving reception in honour of the bursar, Mrs Igwe, held at the Event Centre, Parliamentary Extension, Calabar.
He explained that the presence of personalities at the occasion attests to the choice of Mrs Igwe as bursar in the University of Calabar as generally acceptable to the university community.
The Deputy Governor advised the bursar to see her elevation as a boost to greater performance in her new office and also asked workers to emulate her exemplary style.
Esu thanked the vice chancellor and the pro-chancellor in their choice of Mrs Beatrice Igwe as bursar and described her as qualified, reliable and trusted.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Zana Akpagu, who described Mrs Igwe as humble, caring and hardworking, maintained that she is the right person for the office of the bursar.
Akpagu explained that, faith and destiny are twin sisters in shaping the life of an individual and therefore called on her to take advantage of her position as bursar to turn around the fortune of the university.
In a citation read by Dr Comfort Oko, Mrs Beatrice Igwe hails from Okpoma in Yala local government area by parentage and Imo State by marriage.
It adds that she is a Chartered Accountant after her Higher National Diploma in Accounting from the then Polytechnic, Calabar.
In 2014, Mrs Igwe was appointed Deputy Bursar and College Accountant in the College of Medical Sciences and later posted to head the payroll section of the bursary department, a position she held until her elevation to the present position as the first female bursar of the university in 2017.
The citation also described her as a virtuous woman, charismatic lady, a team player, a transparent financial manager, a role model, disciplined and honest, a modest house wife and a loving mother of six children.
There were goodwill messages from groups and women association, including representative of the Obong of Calabar and Yala Women Association.
The event featured cultural, drama and presentation of a plaque and portrait of the celebrant.

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