Campus prayer centers are not prohibited; UniCal VC retracts this claim and explains its stance.

The only policy that the university administration developed was to control the construction of religious spaces on campus.

Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar (Unical), says the university did not ban worship centres within its campus.

At a gathering hosted by the Chapel of Redemption on the University of Chicago campus, Obi made the remarks on Thursday. According to her, the university administration merely created a policy to control the construction of worship spaces on campus.

According to Obi, the action was compliant with the Federal Government’s guidelines for the founding of churches and fellowships within government buildings. The vice chancellor went on to say that the institution let a mosque, a Protestant chapel, and the Catholic Church to operate on its property.

“These religious organisations are given land to build their worship centres within the university campus. We cannot allocate space to every church in town,” she said.

She noted that faculty, staff, and students were free to worship wherever on campus if they were unable to do so in one of the authorized locations.

According to Obi, the action was compliant with the Federal Government’s guidelines for the founding of churches and fellowships within government buildings. The vice chancellor went on to say that the institution let a mosque, a Protestant chapel, and the Catholic Church to operate on its property.

“These religious organisations are given land to build their worship centres within the university campus. We cannot allocate space to every church in town,” she said.

She noted that faculty, staff, and students were free to worship wherever on campus if they were unable to do so in one of the authorized locations.

“We don’t allow fellowships in the classrooms, this can cause a lot of distractions,” she stated.

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