UNICAL VC Vows To Resume, Complete Abandoned Projects

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has pledged to resume and complete the projects abandoned by previous administrations that led the institution with the support of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

Obi made the vow during her inspection of the current projects in the institution alongside the Pro-Chancellor of the university, Gen. Martin Luther-Agwai (rtd.), and other council members on Monday. 

“When I took over as the VC, I promised that we were not going to be in a hurry to start new projects but very anxious to complete the abandoned ones.

“As you can see, the Law Faculty building is a classical example.

“It was abandoned 10 years ago and today we have completed it.

“As soon as school resumes, Law students are expected to move into this new facility with modern classrooms, beautiful office spaces for lecturers and non-academic staff, a good water system and recreational space.

“Moreso, under my administration, we have built many new pavilions with classroom infrastructures that are up to standard.

“We hope that with the support of TETFund, we will gradually complete all abandoned projects that we inherited,” Obi said.

While speaking, the pro-chancellor expressed his pleasure at the remarkable improvement made to the infrastructure in the institution by the new administration within a year.  

He added that UNICAL was working with the Ministry of Education, TETFund and contractors to ensure the projects are completed on time and the institution becomes the most preferred. 

“We want to make sure that UNICAL becomes the first choice for parents to send their wards and children,” he said.

The old audit building, hall 2 annex, Department of Mass Communication, Engineering Workshop, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Education and students’ hostel, amongst others were also inspected by that VC-led team.