Students of the University of Calabar have called on the management of the institution’s newly inaugurated COVID-19 task force to see it as a serious task, especially with the second wave of the pandemic hitting hard across the Country.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University , Professor Florence Obi, had inaugurated the COVID-19 Task force Central team for the institution under the leadership of Dr. Kingsley Akaba ahead of February 5 school resumption.
The task before the team, according to the Vice-Chancellor, was to see to the full adherence of the COVID-19 safety protocols by students and staff of the institution.
Speaking with reporters in Calabar, some of the students commended the management for taking proactive steps that will keep them safe while in the school.
Another student,Inyam peters, however, doubted the capacity of the taskforce to control crowds in the lecture halls due to inadequate of facilities.
Inyam said the students were more than the available infrastructure which the management should look into immediately.
The University of Calabar was among the first to set up a covid-19 task force team immediately the Federal government announced schools resumption after over eight months lockdown of the Nigerian Universities as a result of both Union unrest and the Covid-19 pandemic.
