Students of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, commenced a protest over the poor power supply on the campus and asked the university management to reverse a recent memo over electricity rationing
The protesting students barricaded the school gate while a sizable number of them gathered at the university’s administrative building, even as they carried placards.
The protest, which began around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, has been backed by the Students’ Union (SU) and continued around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, students told PREMIUM TIMES.
The students’ union has demanded constant power supply and reversal of a recent fee hike by the university.
“There will be neither lecture nor transportation within the school premises on the 17th of July, 2024,” the union declared in a protest resolution letter signed by the president, Aweda Bolaji; general secretary, Ogundijo Japheth and Speaker, Opegbemi Busoye.
One student who didn’t want to be named for fear of victimisation said that “the protest is (about) the new policy that was sent out about rationing of electricity supply on campus.”
The university management on Tuesday released a memo stating that the Vice-Chancellor, Kayode Adebowale, a professor, had approved a 10-hour daily electricity supply on the campus.
With this directive, students are now to enjoy electricity from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the day and 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at night, according to a memo from the university’s director of works, Olufemi Adetolu
Angered by what it described as power rationing, students took to the streets to demand a reversal of the order.
