04/10/2025
UNICAL has resumed.
but peace did not return with it.
Instead, chaos sits on every corridor,
and sorrow wears a matric gown.
They said, “Leave the hostel,”
just when students returned.
Renovations that could have been done in a month of silence/holiday .
now begin in a season of learning.
Girls stand with bags under the rain,
boys wander with boxes at the gate
no roof, no rest,
just promises coated in confusion.
Hall 4 and 8; closed.
Hall 5 and 9; still smelling of paint and fumigation.
And prospective Nursing students?
Still waiting for admission.
Is it when time has left them behind
that hope will finally arrive?
But the hardest tears fall from College.
Where dreams once wore white coats,
now despair drips in red ink.
A student who transferred from Dentistry to Medicine,
with a shining CGPA of 4.46,
now told to “change program”
because UNICAL refused to sign a single form.
A signature.
that simple stroke of a pen.
stole years of sweat and sacrifice.
Across Anatomy labs and Biochemistry halls,
bright minds break in silence.
Good students with 3.73+ CGPA,
told they’re not good enough
because of one “F.”
Even those who never failed,
but scored below 3.0,
are shown the door to dreams they once touched.
Result sheets now carry a curse:
“CHANGE PROGRAMME (because CGPA is less than 3.0).”
Each line, a heartbreak.
Each remark, a life redirected.
Nursing. Medical Lab Science. Radiography. Physiotherapy. Pharmacy.
All trembling under the same storm.
They studied through sleepless nights,
they prayed, they believed.
but the system chose to fail them,
not their effort.
So tonight,
if you see a UNICAL student staring blankly at the sky,
know they are not lazy.
they are fighting unseen battles.
When will mercy return to campus?
When will sense replace suffering?
When will the University remember
that education is not meant to break spirits?
Until then,
Pray make UNICAL no happen to you.
Pray make UNICAL no change your destiny.
Share if you believe no student deserves to suffer for doing their best.
© Prince, Samuel Emenike (Mr. Noble)
