A statement issued by the UNIPORT Registrar, Dr Gloria Chindah, on Tuesday afternoon said the late Briggs served as Vice- Chancellor between 2000 and 2005.
It added that Briggs was until his death the Pro-Chancellor of Federal University, Abakaliki, Bayelsa Medical University, Yenagoa and Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities. The statement reads in part, “The refined academic passed on at the age of 79 in the early hours of Monday, 10th April, 2023 after a brief illness.
“The late sage academic was a renowned Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and an astute administrator. His services to the University of Port Harcourt especially in his tenure as Vice-Chancellor witnessed enormous strides in the annals of the university; surely, history will be kind to him.
He was a reformer and cute university administrator. RIP my VC
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