Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to urgently intervene in the plight of over 300 final-year Dentistry students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), who have been left stranded due to regulatory challenges and poor infrastructure.
Obi, who was in Calabar on a private visit, met with some of the affected students at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, and described their situation as “a heartbreaking reflection of leadership failure in Nigeria’s education and health sectors.”
The students, who have spent years pursuing their degrees, were recently asked by the university authorities to seek transfers to other institutions following the refusal of the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council (NMDC) to inaugurate them.
The NMDC had insisted on strict compliance with its quota of 10 students per session.
