The HOD was removed because he failed to present students of his department for the institution’s 36th convocation ceremonies on March 22 and 23.
The management of the institution had approved an adjustment in school fees after its emergency meeting on December 1.
A seven-man panel has been set up to look into Mr Ndifon’s alleged misconduct.
While the student drove, her friends were said to have hung precariously on the doors and booth of her car.
The ‘water ritual’ was carried out during the last matriculation ceremony of the institution on December 2, 2022.
In the ‘water ritual’, students pour water on matriculating and graduating students as an “initiation rite.’’
The varsity said the strike will adversely affect the provision of basic services in the hostels and campus generally.
UNICAL assured that a new date would be announced in due course.
”The attention of the university’s management has been drawn to reports alleging that members of staff are extorting money from new students.”
The University of Calabar says there are over 42,000 unclaimed certificates by graduates of the institution from the 1980s to date.
