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Alumni of the University of Calabar Faculty of Law, Class of 1994, have decried admission controversies rocking the institution, saying the irregularities are giving the university a bad image.
The alumni made this known during a courtesy visit to the Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Michael Ibanga, 32 years after graduation.
Chairman of the class, Mr. Nkanu Eremi, said the visit was more than a reunion.
“It is homecoming and an opportunity to give back to the faculty that groomed us,” Eremi said.
In what they described as a strategic intervention, the alumni presented three internet-enabled computers loaded with law research software to boost student research.
They also instituted an annual prize of N500,000 for the best graduating student, to run for the next three years — a total commitment of N1.5 million.
“While the computers will aid research, the prize will spur students to be competitive and bring out the best in them.
“We want the Faculty of Law to be on the global map, and we believe we are planting the seeds for that”, Eremi said.
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He called on graduates from other sets to return and contribute to the development of the faculty.
Eremi further appealed to university management to improve the faculty’s environment through proper landscaping, provision of sit-out areas for students, and clearing of surrounding bushes, which he said posed a threat to staff and students.
Prof. Uwakwe Abugu, a member of the class and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, expressed concern over the admission controversies in UNICAL, saying they were giving the academic community a bad image.
Abugu, Nigeria’s first Professor of Medical and Health Law, also donated copies of his books to the faculty library and charged students to remain focused.
Responding, Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Ibanga, blamed past officials for the admission crisis.
“Those who were in charge of admission had no respect for any rule,” Ibanga stated.
He, however, assured that with the reintroduction of the Central Admissions Committee, the problem of over-admission would be checked.
