Some students said they borrowed money from friends, relatives, and financial institutions to pay their fees early to meet their course registration deadlines.
The registrar, Chukwuka Icha, said the university management would impose sanctions on anyone found trespassing on the green areas.
He said that his administration would be guided by transparency, accountability, and students’ welfare.
Mr Offiong, a professor of chemistry, will replace the outgoing VC, Florence Obi, whose tenure ends on December 1.
The non-remittance of the said dues to the national secretariat of the union led to the suspension of the chapter by the national leadership of ASUU.
Mr Obi raised the alarm over “developments at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), where issues around the dental students’ graduation and induction quota.”
According to him, the institution was falling short in its environmental practices.
Mr Tinubu urged prudent fund management to develop additional infrastructure in Nigerian universities.
The Cross River Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has threatened legal action against the University of Calabar (UNICAL) if it continues to default in the remittance of taxes to the state
Ms Ugbo, who did not give details of the abduction, however, said the police were working in collaboration with other agencies to rescue the students.
