Fiery Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka has predicted glorious level for Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State under the new Vice Chancellor, Professor Daniel Nwachukwu.
Mbaka stated this at the university chambers shortly after blessing the Vice Chancellor, during the handover ceremony from his predecessor, Prof Sunday Elom.
He described Nwachukwu as an achiever reputed for his humility, amiability, amicability, transparent ingenuity and authentic relationship with people.
He expressed confidence in the university administrator’s leadership capacity which he said will take the school to a very high level.
“This is one of the wonders that have happened in the university because Professor Daniel Nwachukwu is noted for his humility, for his amiability, for his amicability, for his transparent ingenuity, for his manifest spirit of leadership, for his ingenuous acumen of authentic relationship with people.
“He is a lover of the youths. So, him being the Vice Chancellor, I am thanking God that he will take this noble university to another glorious level and be a blessing for the whole Nigeria. And because he is here, he is a God-fearing man and he will equally attract the presence of God for the favour of men.
“By the special grace of God, I am praying this noble institution to be in another higher level whereby the school will be so higher than eagles and navigate through every storm.
“Professor Daniel Nwachukwu is an achiever and I can say an iconic achiever, a super achiever on the seat, not just one who can suggest but an executor.
“I pray that God will use him in the next five years and bring more noble glorious achievements here and the students will be happy and the staff will be happy,” Mbaka said.
Nwachukwu, a Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC) was appointed the 4th Vice Chancellor of AE-FUNAI by the institution’s governing council on December 20, 2025.
Elected the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UNEC in 2023, Nwachukwu had his first degree at the University of Lagos in Human Physiology in 1995 and later moved to the University of Benin for his master’s degree in 1997 and PhD in 2012.
He has had an illustrious career in the academia spanning over 26 years having joined the services of UNN as a lecturer in July 1999 and rose to the highest academic rank of a professor in 2016.
The distinguished scholar who hails from Okposi in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was the 201st inaugural lecturer of UNN where he expounded on the potency of zobo drink for the management of high blood pressure. He delivered the lecture at the Enugu Campus of the university on March 7, 2024.
His research interests include Physiology, Flavonoids, Hypertension, Saponins, Hepatotoxicity, Antihypertensive, and Alkaloids. Prof. Nwachukwu has published numerous papers in reputable journals and has supervised several postgraduate students.