UniCal warns students on cultism

The vice chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu has warned new intakes in the institution to desist from cultism and other forms of crimes. Akpagu said that appropriate sanctions would be meted out to students found belonging to nocturnal organisations and cult groups.
He gave the warning at the 40th matriculation ceremony of the institution for the 2017/2018 academic session. He noted that the occasion marked the official entry of new, deserving and qualified candidates who had been offered admission into the institution. He further said that the ceremony also signified the conclusion of the admission processes for the year, disclosing that 9,200 candidates were offered admission from 37, 278 candidates who applied for a place in the university. Prof Akpagu informed the new students that they were not expected in any manner to socialise with any association that had been proscribed by the university, such as the infamous “secret cults”, noting that the penalties for such misconduct are in the student handbook.
While advising them to show respect to colleagues and staff of the university so as to make their stay fruitful and productive, Prof Akpagu urged them to be modest and decent in their dressing and approach to issues. The VC assured the students of maximum security on the campus, while appealing to them to promptly report any suspicious activity to Dean of Student Affairs, security officers and course advisers.
He said the institution was working assiduously to ensure that it was put on the global map, thus, going into collaboration and linkages that were yielding very positive dividends to the university community. He disclosed that the university is on the verge of achieving uninterrupted power supply via an ongoing solar energy project with the German government, including scholarship awarded to 47 deserving students by the People’s Republic of China through her Embassy in Nigeria, as well as the introduction of Korean Studies into the curriculum of the Bassey Andah Centre for African and Asian Studies.