The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has called on stakeholders for intervention over the windstorm destruction of infrastructure at the institution.
She made the appeal to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Tertiary Education Trust Fund and the Niger Delta Development Commission while inspecting the damages in Calabar.
The Vice Chancellor said that properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by the windstorm that occurred during the heavy downpour of Thursday.
The buildings affected include the Medical College, Post Graduate School, Faculty of Education, Printing Press, Senate Chambers, open pavilion and Department of Medical Laboratory.
Others are the Senator Godswill Akpabio Engineering Lecture Theatre, telecommunication mast, the Isolation Centre, electrical and solar installations, the Vice Chancellor’s office as well as the male and females hostels among others.
Obi said that the windstorm was coming at a time when the University has yet to recover from the destruction of its facilities by hoodlums who hijacked the #Endsars protest on October 24, 2020 in Calabar.
The Registrar of the University, Gabriel Egbe, who was also on the inspection tour, appealed to relevant government agencies to come in and assist the University in the area of projects intervention.
The Student Union President of the University, James Ugah, also appealed to the Federal Government and the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to urgently intervene, especially in the hostel with a view to replace the damaged facilities.
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