Protesting Students of the University of Ibadan on Saturday shut the institution main gate and other entrances over non-availability of electricity and water in the institution. Thousands of the students came out of their halls of residence to join the protest, displaying placard, some of which drew the attention of the school management to their plight in the past few days.
The Students’ Union President of the institution, Olateju Oladimeji, said the students representatives wrote a letter to the school authority stating the problems they were facing without a positive response. “We have been living on the campus without electricity and water for the past three weeks. Sanitary situation on the campus is currently at its lowest,” he said.
The Director of Communication in UI, Mr Muhammed Oladejo, while reacting to the protest staged by the students, denied that the school management took no action to address the problems saying the sudden drop in the hours of electricity provided the school by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and the theft of the school electricity cable disrupted the supply of electricity to the halls. He said management has replaced the cable.
