A statement issued by the UNIPORT Registrar, Dr (Mrs) 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 indeed a worthy intellectual asset and export from the university.
“The university has therefore declared a five-day mourning and flying of all university flags at half mast in honour of a worthy academic colossus.
“The Vice Chancellor, Prof Owunari Georgewill, on behalf of the Governing Council, Senate, management staff and students of the University commiserates with the family of the deceased and prays for the peaceful repose of his soul.
“Funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course.”
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