Cross River Assembly Speaker Elvert Ayambem (APC-Ikom 2), who was a 100 level student in the department of economics at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has been expelled from the school.
He was expelled along with 637 other students across 15 faculties and departments who failed to make the grade, as confirmed by UNICAL Media and Community Relations Board Chairman, Joseph Ekpang.
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Ekpang disclosed they were expelled for their poor cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA), according to reporting by The PUNCH.
The number of expelled students is spread as follows:
Faculty of agriculture, forestry and resource management, and the department of agricultural economics – 10
Faculty of allied medical science, department of medical laboratory – 24
Faculty of art and social science education, department of art education – 29
Faculty of art, department of Christian religious studies – 86.
Faculty of basic medical science, department of anatomy – 25
Faculty of biological science, department of genetics and biotechnology – 66
Faculty of dentistry, department of dentistry – 8
Faculty of engineering and technology, department of agricultural and bioresources engineering – 15
Ayambem was embroiled in a Speakership tussle with Hilary Bisong, the son of UNICAL Vice Chancellor Florence Obi.
But he eventually defeated Bisong to become Speaker of Cross River 10th Assembly.