By Calista Oyeoba / posted July 14, 2025
At the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Faculty of Dentistry and Dental Surgery, a big storm is brewing with foreboding signs as some students have threatened to commit suicide after the Vice Chancellor Professor Florence Banku Obi told them to leave school due to over admission, which strictly speaking was not their fault but the university’s.
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The decision was announced during a meeting held on July 10, 2025 with students and their parents at the university campus. Earlier, a memo referenced UC/CMS/PO/209 dated July 7, 2025, from the office of the Provost of the College of Medical Sciences, signed by the Deputy Registrar and College Secretary Mrs. Anita B. Eyo, had invited all dental students and their parents to the meeting, without stating its agenda.
After the meeting, some students from 200 to 600 levels were asked to go home with their parents while the university deliberates and resolve the issue of admitting students far beyond the quota approved by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
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Some of the affected students said the university had admitted over 300 students into a programme where only 10 graduates per year the approved benchmark was. They accused the university of greed and described the situation as unjust, especially when the students had paid millions in tuition, accommodation, and other fees.
“The school admitted far above the quota approved by the Medical Council of Nigeria, and now they have asked us to go home despite all we have paid,” the students complain.
A victim, who pleaded anonymity said, the Vice Chancellor banned any form of protest against her decision, leaving students feeling helpless.
This development has sparked intense reaction among students and Nigerians on social media, calling on the Minister of Education to urgently intervene and protect the academic future of the affected students from what they described as the incompetence and negligence on the part of university authorities.
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NOTE: Calista is a Trainee-journalist who contributes regularly to DDNEWSONLINE.COM from the Department of Mass Communication, Ekocity Polytechnic, Lagos
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