A former聽counsellor聽at聽the聽Lokoja聽Study聽Centre, Kogi聽State, Dr.Rosemary Ijeoma Nwofor,聽has taken over the affairs of聽Awgu聽Community聽Study聽Centre in Enugu, Enugu State.
Nwofor took over from the immediate-past director of the centre, Dr.聽Nwachukwu Francis Oforbuike in a brief hand-over ceremony on Wednesday, February聽21,聽2024 at the centre.
The new director holds a PhD in Guidance &聽Counselling聽from Enugu State University of Science & Technology (ESUT) and聽is聽a one-time acting centre director, Awka Study Centre, Anambra State.
The outgoing director, while giving a warm welcome to Nwofor, also eulogized the centre’s staff for their exceptional cooperation, unity of purpose and team play, which he described as factors behind the success story of the centre over the years.
He enjoined the staff to maximally support his successor’s leadership styles and shun the act of gossiping as it destroys the progress of any organisation.
Oforbuike聽implored them to develop their potentials through hard-work聽and sheer commitment to duties, thereby allowing the director to discover them by herself.
On the part of the incoming director, she expressed her profound appreciation to her predecessor and the staff for a warm reception extended to her and also acknowledged the presence of a serene and conducive environment for learning.
“Take me as a colleague and as a聽counsellor聽and together we may be able to resolve individual and corporate challenges of the centre,” she said.
According to her,聽hard-work聽and dedication to duties need to be pursued with vigour and conscientiously for overall benefit of the centre, under the umbrella of family bonds relationships.
She unequivocally reiterated that the management of NOUN frowns at any form of malpractice and advised staff to avoid any temptation of conniving with students or third parties to perpetrate evil, as the culprit would be decisively dealt with.
Nwofor聽counselled聽the staff not to leave God in anything they do as聽鈥渨e draw strengths聽from Him鈥澛燼nd,聽therefore, sought for聽the聽maximum cooperation of staff to pilot the affairs of the centre.