Congratulations, PROF. ISAAC ZEB,-OBIPI ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AT RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY AS VICE-CHANCELLOR

Congratulations, PROF. ISAAC ZEB,-OBIPI ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AT RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY, NKPOLU-OROWORUKWO, AS VICE-CHANCELLOR.

I want to express my sincere congrats to Prof. Isaac Zeb-obipi on your appointment as Rivers State University’s vice chancellor, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo. Your outstanding leadership, commitment, and academic prowess have earned you this honor. The institution will surely benefit from your extensive experience and dedication to education enhancement, which will lead to fresh insights and ongoing development. I have no doubt that your leadership and vision will spur excellence and constructive change inside the organization as you set out on this exciting adventure. I hope you succeed in your new position and am forward to watch the incredible progress Rivers State University will achieve under your direction.

PURPOSE-SPECIFIC ABRIDGED PROFILE OF PROF. ISAAC ZEB-OBIPI

Prof. Isaac Zeb-Obipi is the most senior Professor in the Department of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt. He is the Director of the University Information and Communication Technology Centre, the life-hub of the University. He holds the following degrees: B.Ed. (Second Class Upper Division) in Economies, MBA in Management and PhD in Organisational Behaviour, a discipline focused on utilising knowledge of the determinants of individual and group behaviour in organisations to enhance performance. He was employed as an Assistant Lecturer in 1997 by the then Rivers State University of Science and Technology, from the Post Primary School Board (1991-1997). He rose through the ranks to become a Professor in 2018, a Professor of Management with research interest in Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations.
Prof. Zeb-Obipi has served and is still serving in several capacities, at all levels of the University: and some of these include:
1. Student Course Adviser,
2. Staff Adviser of Students’ Associations,
3. Departmental Examination Officer,
Faculty Examination Officer,
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Faculty Sub-Dean/Associate Dean,
Head of Department (2008-2015, 7 years at a stretch across two Departments- Department of Management and Department of Office and Information Management whose programme
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review he led to make it a “living discipline”), Member of Senate (since 2008, 17 years’ experience),
8. Dean of Student Affairs (2015-2022, 7 years at a stretch, where, drawing from his experiences as a former student leader- National President of the National Union of Rivers State Students.
NURSS, and President of the Post Graduate Students’ Association, PGSA- and staff adviser, he instituted the prevailing dialogue culture, e-voting, and student legacy projects, and facilitated the completion and handover of the NDC and FCMB hostels to the University).
9. President of the University Senior Staff Club (2017-2021, 2 terms)
10. Member of University
Management Committee (since 2015, the longest academic
incumbent).
11. Member of the University Five-Year Strategic Development Plan (2021-2025)
12. Director of the Information and Communication Technology Centre (2022-date),
13. University Orator (the longest serving incumbent),
14. 2-time member of the University Govening Council (first as Alumni Representative and second, Senate Representative),
15. Chairmanship/Membership of various committees from the Department, through Faculty.
Management Committee and Senate, to Council level, including Council’s F&: GPC (twice) and being the Chairman of Council-Senate Joint Committee of the University 40″ Year Celebration Lecture (2020), and the
16. 79* Inaugural Lecturer of the University on the topic: “People Management Tripod and Worker Productivity: The Solute, Solvent and Solution” on July 27, 2022.
17. Prof. Isaac Zeb-Obipi is the incumbent Vice Chancellor in Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria (2025)
Prof. Isaac Zeb-Obipi also has an extensive list of Gown-Town services to his credit as can be seen in his curriculum vitae, the most recent being his Chairmanship of the Technical Committee of the Energy Security Working Group (ESWG) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). Abuja. He is a Chief of Ogoloma in Okrika Local Goverment Area (WALGA) of Rivers State, a Christian and is married with children. He has served the University very well. Twenty-eight years of in-depth and wide experience laced with appropriate qualifications and earned growth offers him a personal vision of contributions to make to the University.