The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar Prof. Florence Obi has assured that her administration will strive to complete the abandoned projects in the institution.
Prof. Obi gave the assurance yesterday in Calabar when she led the Pro-Chancellor of the institution, Gen. Martin Luther-Agwai, and other council members for an inspection tour of ongoing projects in the institution.
She said with the commitment and support of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), a majority of the abandoned projects will be completed during her administration.
“When I took over as the V-C, I promised that we were not going to be in a hurry to start new projects; but that we were going to be very anxious to complete the abandoned projects.
“As you can see, the Law Faculty building is a classical example, it was abandoned 10 years ago and today we have completed the project under my administration.
“As soon as school resume, Law students are expected to move into this new facility with modern classrooms, beautiful office spaces for lecturers and non-academic members of staff, good water system and recreational space.
“More so, under my administration, we have built many new pavilions with classroom infrastructure that are upstanding.
“We hope that with the support of TETFUND, we will be able to gradually complete all abandoned projects that we inherited,” she assured.
The V-C thereafter, handed over the complete keys of the Faculty of Law Building to the Dean of the faculty, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, to enable them to make use of the building.
The Pro-Chancellor, Gen. Luther-Agwai, said some of the abandoned projects in the university have become an eyesore.
According to him, one year down the line of the new administration in UNICAL, there has been tremendous improvement in infrastructural development in the institution.
He said the university was committed to working together with the Ministry of Education, TETFUND and the contractors in ensuring the timely completion of the projects.
“We will ensure that UNICAL becomes the first choice for parents to send their wards and children to,” he said.
Other projects inspected were the completed old audit building, hall 2 annexe, department of mass communication, engineering workshop, hostel accommodation, faculty of medicine, and faculty of education, among others.