A coalition of youth organisations and students body has passed a vote of confidence on Dr Henry Adimula’s appointment as the 8th Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI).
This was disclosed at a news Conference held in Abuja on Thursday.
The coalition includes Nigerian Youth Union(NYU), National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS), National Association of Polytechnic Students(NAPS), African Students Education Support Initiative(ASESI) and Coalition of Nothern Groups(CNG).
The leader of the coalition and the National President of Nigerian Youth Union(NYU) Comrade Chinonso Obasi, said that the appointment of Adimula was considered as a square peg in a square hole.
Obasi called for collaborative support for the new Chief Executive Officer of the institute.
“ Distractors must stay far and we encourage and welcome progressive partners that will support and guarantee a smooth running of the institute to achieving her set objectives.
“ We are glad that the Governing Council of PTI appointed a seasoned and well-rooted staff of the institute.
“ One of the ways of fostering infrastructural and intellectual growth in any academia is to prioritise the appointment of qualified staff of the same institution while choosing its head.
“ Dr Adimula’s appointment represents that demand,” Obasi said.
He said It was also unfortunate that some misinformed and misguided charlatans are on the demand for the reversal of Adimula’s appointment on the ground that every Chief Executive of Federal Institutions in Nigeria were people from those areas.
“This claim is false and unfounded. Just to mention a few; The Vice-Chancellor Federal University of Technology Owerri Prof. Nnenna Oti is from Ebonyi State, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah is from Kwara State, the Vice-Chancellor University of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Prof Charles A. Igwe is from Anambra State.
“That notwithstanding, the Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ebonyi State, Prof Sunday Elom is from the same Ebonyi State, the Vice-Chancellor Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun Prof Akpofure Rim-Rukeh is from Delta State but that doesn’t make it a law but a coincidence,” he added.
Adimula joined the services of Petroleum Training Institute in 1992 as a lecturer 2, and has by virtue his hard work and outstanding contributions to the progress and actualization of the objectives of the institute rose to the headship of the Institute.
Until his appointment, he was the institute’s acting Principal and Chief Executive from July 4, 2020 to June 17, 2021. He was the former Vice-Principal of the Institute from December 4, 2019, to July 4, 2020.
