By Uthman Samad &Farombi Oluwaseun

As the rain semester examination of the Obafemi Awolowo University approaches, It's been close to two weeks now that the academic areas of the university has been in total darkness.

The academics area which covers the lecture theatres and offices of the lecturers cum administrative section of the school can be said to be facing huge huddles of electricity which has been a major set back of normal lecturing activities.

It will be recalled that the school Management recently released the amended calendar which stated 29th of January as the beginning of 2016/2017 rain semester examination which is just few days to go, the students has found it difficult as the university library is under lock&key with the only option left for the students to read which is the academics area in total darkness.

Apart from difficulties reading at night, due to the blackout, practicals/laboratory works has been put on hold especially for students in the faculty of Science, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Technology etc.

It's also been inferred that some departments are not done with their tests which is prerequisite to the examination, their students and the generality of the great Ife students are now to prepare under darkness and health destroying candles to source light to cover their reading thirst with the popular Awolowo Cafe& Halls of residence now on new colour as it's always full to the brim.


However, the school management has not made any release to the community over the blackout. According to a source, a lecturer who pleaded anonymity, said that "the school Vice Chancellor communicated to the lecturers to bear with the the administration over the hitches caused by the electricity disruption around academic areas." He added that "it was caused by the fault in the cable connection which those in charge(non-academic staff) to rectify the scourge(faulty cable) has been on strike over allowance issue.

Speaking with OAU Peeps News Agency, a student of the Department of Economics, Ologbenla Tolu caught reading in AUD 2 said that "the management has always taken their success with levity adding that ever since resumption from the End of the break, the university library has been locked coupled with blackout in the academics area."

Also speaking , Olushola Oludiran, a student of English while lamenting on the state of the school said " the management should please rectify the light so that students will be able to read and prepare well for their coming exams".

Akande Azeezat of Psychology Department reading with lamps in ODLT 1 pleaded that the management should devise every possible means to make up the light before the examination period.

Meanwhile, Olateju Oluwasegun RAY added that the current situation came to stay with no fear of its repercussion on the university management as the management has been able to kill the consciousness of students, bring disunity among students and render students powerless in making demands for their rights through the serial proscription of the students' union knowing fully well that it is easier to win a struggle as a body and not as individuals. He further added that as long as students continue to manage with the bad situation, he foresee more anti-student policies as from next session.

However, Speaking with OAU Peeps News Agency on telephone,the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. I.O Aransi refused to comment on the black out of the university academic area.

Photo credit by Ilebani Olushola.

Source
http://www.oaupeeps.com/2018/01/oau-students-prepare-for-rain-semester.html

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Welcome to Nigeria where steady light is only heard of on social media....

Though its not good but dis another excuse for student to fail

Just imagine! The management hasn't communicated the students on issue. If they begin their aluta now, the world would say they are unserious. OAU has really been unfortunate in the aspect of leadership and management over the years.

yanabasee:
Welcome to Nigeria where steady light is only heard of on social media....

Did you bother to read the topic at all?

This shouldn't be...

As country that has one of the poorest budget for education,i expect nothing less

.

God help una, after all these wahala persin no go see job do.

Yeye goverment cannot invest in Education. what can you expect from a dullard anyway.

If you can survive in OAU,

You can survive anywhere in the world.

Naija students dey go through many things oo....


All for the degree...

Pitiful students

And students are always advised/implored to make Nigeria better when they never think of how to make the students better.

Welcome to the zoological Republic of Nigeria

And they are rating this school o
Turn a 4yr course to 6yrs and in total darkness
Meanwhile, ba3 full here

Rain semester?
So we cannot have good news in this country abi?

Not funny, but could this be d reason Trump referred to Africa as a s*hole?

With conditions like this, those first class will still emerge.


To private school graduates, my third class is far, far and far better than your first class.

darfay:
Welcome to the zoological Republic of Nigeria

XYZ

Docile students.
Failed leaders of tomorrow’s failure

blackbeau1:
Rain semester?
So we cannot have good news in this country abi?

How do you mean?

Ehya

seguno2:
Docile students. Failed leaders of tomorrow’s failure

And you are Nairaland successful leader of ancients.

This country is fvckup....

After struggling to Come out top from skul and serving the country, the only means of livelihood is YAHOO.....

I'M FVCKED MEHN.....

HOW CAN I STOP MYSEF

seguno2:


How do you mean?

check the heading. I don't understand what rain semester means

Shithole country

OAUPeeps:


By Uthman Samad &Farombi Oluwaseun

As the rain semester examination of the Obafemi Awolowo University approaches, It's been close to two weeks now that the academic areas of the university has been in total darkness.

The academics area which covers the lecture theatres and offices of the lecturers cum administrative section of the school can be said to be facing huge huddles of electricity which has been a major set back of normal lecturing activities.

It will be recalled that the school Management recently released the amended calendar which stated 29th of January as the beginning of 2016/2017 rain semester examination which is just few days to go, the students has found it difficult as the university library is under lock&key with the only option left for the students to read which is the academics area in total darkness.

Apart from difficulties reading at night, due to the blackout, practicals/laboratory works has been put on hold especially for students in the faculty of Science, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Technology etc.

It's also been inferred that some departments are not done with their tests which is prerequisite to the examination, their students and the generality of the great Ife students are now to prepare under darkness and health destroying candles to source light to cover their reading thirst with the popular Awolowo Cafe& Halls of residence now on new colour as it's always full to the brim.


However, the school management has not made any release to the community over the blackout. According to a source, a lecturer who pleaded anonymity, said that "the school Vice Chancellor communicated to the lecturers to bear with the the administration over the hitches caused by the electricity disruption around academic areas." He added that "it was caused by the fault in the cable connection which those in charge(non-academic staff) to rectify the scourge(faulty cable) has been on strike over allowance issue.

Speaking with OAU Peeps News Agency, a student of the Department of Economics, Ologbenla Tolu caught reading in AUD 2 said that "the management has always taken their success with levity adding that ever since resumption from the End of the break, the university library has been locked coupled with blackout in the academics area."

Also speaking , Olushola Oludiran, a student of English while lamenting on the state of the school said " the management should please rectify the light so that students will be able to read and prepare well for their coming exams".

Akande Azeezat of Psychology Department reading with lamps in ODLT 1 pleaded that the management should devise every possible means to make up the light before the examination period.

Meanwhile, Olateju Oluwasegun RAY added that the current situation came to stay with no fear of its repercussion on the university management as the management has been able to kill the consciousness of students, bring disunity among students and render students powerless in making demands for their rights through the serial proscription of the students' union knowing fully well that it is easier to win a struggle as a body and not as individuals. He further added that as long as students continue to manage with the bad situation, he foresee more anti-student policies as from next session.

However, Speaking with OAU Peeps News Agency on telephone,the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. I.O Aransi refused to comment on the black out of the university academic area.

Photo credit by Ilebani Olushola.

Source
http://www.oaupeeps.com/2018/01/oau-students-prepare-for-rain-semester.html

this is a given in federal universities

It is a normal occurrence

You see students survive even under the harshest conditions, attimes no light, no water in crucial times , yet students endure, read and still scale through.
I Hail All Great Ife, You the best.

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