Umaru Gomwalk

Umara D. Gomwalk is a Nigerian academic. He was the first Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri and the 10th Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka . He was also professor emeritus of Medicine of University of Nigeria Nsukka[1]. He preceded to Ginigeme Francis Mbanefoh[2] as the sole administrator of the institution[3]. His administration had crises to deal with from its take off from Oleka Udeala until its landing in 1999 with Ginigeme Francis Mbanefoh.[4] Gomwalk was at various times a teacher and Chairman, Presidential Advisory Council and the Governing Council of the Nigerian National Merit Award. He died on May 12, 2019 at the age of 83.[5]