The University of Calabar Debate team has qualified for the finals of My Nigeria Our Nigeria National Debate Competition for tertiary institution organised by Yiaga Africa with support from Open Society Foundation and in collaboration with the All- Nigeria Universities Debating Championship, the National Universities Commission and some media organisations. The Debate team emerged victorious after scoring 11 points out of 12 possible points defeating University of Benin, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, River State University, among others at a south-south zonals encounter held at Port Harcourt.
24 institutions across the 6 geo-political zones debated at the zonal levels, only 8 qualified qualified for the final rounds to be held in Abuja on the 17th and 18th of August, 2024 at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies. Unical will once again slog it out with other zonal champions for the first prize position which will be broadcast live across various national television channels and social media platforms.
The University of Calabar team was represented by Victor Bisong from the Faculty of Law and Collins Undelikwo from the department of computer science and was led by the University Debate and Public Speaking Coach, Mr. Franklin Ubi.
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