Florence Banku Obi is a Nigerian academic, author and a professor of special education. She is the 11th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of University of Calabar, and the first female Vice-Chancellor since the inception of the institution. She was previously the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) and Commissioner for Women Affairs, Cross River State. She was a candidate in the 2015 election but she was not elected until 2020 when she became the first women to be elected. In 2007, she served as the social development and member of the executive Council, Cross River State.