Academic activities are yet to resume at the University of Calabar, three weeks after the suspension of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
A check at the university campus by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Calabar showed that lectures had yet to begin in almost all the departments and faculties.
Some of the students, who were seen at the campus, attributed the poor turn-out of students and delay in the resumption of lectures to the Christmas and New Year holidays.
A final year student in the Department of Economics, Mr Philip Tawo, said “we were supposed to start lectures on January 6, but some lecturers are yet to show up and so many students who travelled for the Christmas holiday have not returned’’.
Mrs Joy Emeka, a second year student of Law Faculty who was seen sitting at the lecture hall, said that she was supposed to have a lecture at 8 a.m, but the