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Poor performance: UNICAL expels Cross River Speaker, 565 other students

The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has expelled a total of 566 students, including the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Elvert Ayambem Ekom, over poor Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).

Ayambem represents Ikom 2 State Constituency in the Cross River Assembly.

The expulsion was made known in a list released by UNICAL on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

READ ALSO: UNICAL promotes 35 lecturers to professors

The expulsion which affected Ayambem and other students cut across 100 to 400 levels, affecting 15 faculties and departments of the university.

The Star

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