Group To Partner RSU On Physical Planning

The Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Rivers State Chapter, Inameti Tete, says the association is ready to assist the state university to further  develop physical planning in the institution.
TPL Tete  made this promise when he led other executive members of the association  to pay a courtesy visit on the Acting Vice Chancellor of the  Rivers State University, Prof. (Mrs.) Opuenebo Binya Owei in her office in Port Harcourt over the weekend.
He told her that they were in her office to congratulate her on her elevation to the Acting Vice Chancellor ship position by Governor Nyesom Wike and commended her for the various achievements she had recorded within the short period in office.
The State Chairman of NITPL disclosed  that the acting vice chancellor mentored many of the practising town planners in the state as the  second  female professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Department and  described her as a respected mother of the profession.
He however, said the  elevation of Prof. Opuenebo Owei as the Acting Vice Chancellor was a confirmation of   her high level  of discipline and  commitment in the discharge of her professional  duties and service delivery.
“Your elevation is a further confirmation of the high virtue of life you always exhibited in carrying out your assigned roles in whatever position you occupy”.
“The Institute is highly proud of you on your achievements and as an exemplary pillar of the profession”, he stated.
The Chairman prayed God to grant the Acting Vice Chancellor wisdom and grace to excel.
Responding Prof. Owei  expressed  profound gratitude to executive members of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Rivers State Chapter, for their visit and reassured them of her commitment in working towards actualising the mandate given to her by the state chief executive ,adding  that her appointment came as a surprise, and solicited for their support  to  enable her take the institution   to greater heights.

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