Charity Angya was a
Nigerian
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...
Vice Chancellor at
Benue State University.
Life
Charity Angya graduated at the
University of Jos
The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria.
History
What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...
in 1983.
[Leading Women]
2014, SunNewsOnLine.com, Retrieved 8 February 2016 She took her honours and doctorate at the
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...
.
In 2000 Charity Angya's plays were published under the title "''The Cycle of the Moon, and Other Plays''" and in 2005 her book titled "''Perspectives on Violence Against Women in Nigeria''" was published.
Angya was appointed to be Vice Chancellor of
Benue State University in November 2010 where she was already working.
Professor Msugh N. Kembe took over from Angya as the Vice-chancellor on 3 November 2015.
[Prof Msugh M Kembe Emerge New VC of Benue State University]
In 2017, Angya assisted in the investigation of a sex-for-marks scandal at Benue State University.
In 1 June 2021 Angya was at a meeting of women concerned at the number of killings by "herdsman". The women met at a hotel dressed in mourning clothes and called on the President to take action. Spokespeople for the women were Mrs
Rebecca Apezan who was a former member of parliament and Angya as a former vice-chancellor.
Private life
She is married to Paul Angya who is a technocrat.
See also
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List of vice chancellors in Nigeria
References
Living people
Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Ibadan alumni
University of Jos alumni
Benue State University people
Women academic administrators
Nigerian women academics
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