The University Of Calabar, Cross River State and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission are to co-host the First All Nigeria Universities Debating Championship from October 20 to 25 in Calabar.
The championship is to precede the sixth Pan African Universities Debate Championship coming up in Calabar from November 29 to December 8.
The theme of the first championship debate is: “Corruption, insecurity and National Development”.
It is to reflect Nigeria’s current challenges.
The spokesperson for the conference the Dean of Students Affairs of UNICAL, Prof. Eyong Ubana Eyong, said the championship is opened to all universities.
The tournament, which Eyong said was expecting representatives from the country’s 102 recognised universities, would use the British Parliamentarian Debate Format to encourage critical thinking and discourse.
He said it would also help students in critical thinking and tolerance of opinion.
Eyong said the debate was an all students affair to promote the culture of debate in tertiary institutions, where the culture of listening, dialogue and acceptance of superior argument to change the course of action were encouraged.
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