UNICAL Faculty of Law on the verge of losing accreditation
Faculty of Law, University of Calabar is on the verged of being
de-accreditated as facilities in the department are in a deplorable
states. Investigations revealed that the e-library section of the
department is down as computers there are not functioning due to lack of
soft ware and other accessories, Daily Post reveals.
At the main Library, the Law Reports books there are of 2013 and 2014
whereas, the Faculty needs 2017 and above. Confirming the situation in
the department, the Head of Chamber, Mba E. Ukweni and Associate, Ntufam
(Onun) Mba E. Ukweni (SAN) regretted the situation.
“We went to the e-library and the e-library is not functioning because
the necessary tools and facilities required for it to function
effectively are not available, I will discuss with authority concern to
see how they can get in touch with people who are conversance with that
particular areas of learning to also come in to their assistance” he
stated.
Ukweni told Daily Post shortly after inspecting the facilities in the
department, “though the Faculty has improved but there is still room for
improvement, for instance, I have seen that they are crying for current
Law Reports and books, because most of the Law Reports stopped in 2013
and 2014, so they need 2015, 2016 and 2017 which by the grace of God, we
shall ensure that those particular set of Law Reports are made
available to them.”
The Head of Chamber who presented sets of Nigerian Supreme Court
Quarterly Law Reports (NSCQLR), All Federation Weekly Law Reports (ALL
FWLR), Nigerian Weekly Law Reports (NWLR), said he promised to make
available to the Faculty four sets of Law Reports, namely, Nigerian
Supreme Court Quarterly Law Reports (NSCQLR), Nigerian Weekly Law
Reports (NWLR), Weekly Reports of Nigeria (WRN) and All Federation
Weekly Law Reports (ALL FWLR) for use.
He said he undertook to make available to the Faculty, the Law Reports
for the next five years, starting from 2017 to 2021 explaining that the
Acting Dean of the Faculty Dr (Mrs) Rose Ohiama Ugbe has already
discussed with him about the problem of faculty that may affect
accreditation if intervention is not done immediately.
“Others, including my lecturers have approached me on the same issue and
requested for intervention in the area of donating current law reports.
I tried to plead at as then, since I was just tried to recover and
requested that I should be given up to next year but the pressure was on
me”.
Receiving the Books, the Acting Dean of the Faculty Dr (Mrs) Rose Ohiama
Ugbe expressed profound gratitude to the donor for the kind gesture,
“we made request during our dinner and you promised and have leave up to
it. As alumnus of this faculty, University has done so much for us, it
is through here that make us what we are today because if you didn’t
have this foundation, you shouldn’t have been SAN today, by grace of
God, I wouldn’t have been a Dean today”.
“So the system has really impacted on us and we really need to plough
back and I thank you because you are one of the few that realized that
and we thank you very much and we hope that you are going to be a
shining light for others” she stated.
