The Senate of the University of Benin has shut down academic activities at the institution following Wednesday’s protests.

Disclosing this in a statement on Thursday, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire, said the shutdown does not affect the non-academic staff.

The university also ordered students to vacate their hostels immediately.

“Following the refusal of students of the University of Benin to shift grounds on their demands for twenty-four hours supply of electricity and more, considered unrealistic by the University’s Senate, the University has shut down academic activities indefinitely,” the statement read.

“Students are to vacate the hostels immediately while all the relevant units of the University are to take note and comply. However, non-teaching staff and staff on essential duties are not affected by the shutdown.”

UNIBEN students took to the streets on Wednesday, blocking the busy Benin-Ore Highway to protest weeks of power outages on their campus.

The prolonged power cut has severely impacted their preparation for the upcoming first-semester examinations which are just two weeks away.

The students are asking for a 24-hour electricity supply in the university, an agitation the management has tagged as unrealistic.

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Many at times I wonder why the big taxation on the citizens

1. Nigerians provide their own security
2. Nigerians provide their own water 💧 through boreholes
3. Fly very poor roads
4. High cost of living
5. Poor health care system that is very expensive
6. Fake everything ranging from drugs to food yet very expensive.
7. High cost of education, depriving the common man from education.
This country ehn

Soon Nigerians will be pushed to a zone where they can no longer dig to go further and the only thing left is bounce back. And it will never be good at all.

And eksu have been in darkness for past 10 years yet so single protest
All the sug knows is to change car and use escorts
Uniben students get balls no be small

Not necessary things for now

E be like say na only online people dey enjoy for this country cos everybody dey online dey form I’m living well, I can feed your generation.

To drive around for neighborhood nowadays na war. Everybody just get problem. Na everyday i dey settle people with money yet i go come online all these apc supporters no go let us hear word.

Make freestuffsng, helineus and others help us beg Tinubu since they seem closer to him make he ease the pains of Nigerians cos the street no funny.

Life of a student

The students are asking for a 24-hour electricity supply in the university, an agitation the management has tagged as unrealistic.

A whole UNIVERSITY tagged the agitation UNREALISTIC.

Electricity supply 24/7 oooo not to build a jet engine oooo.

Preposterous.

Expected

If lies weren't helping the Devil do his evil stuff, he wouldn't lie. So, we should always try to fight lies with the truth.

They should enjoy electricity but 24/hours is not possible.

Some mumu go still come here con abuse Tinubu now instead of asking the school Authority how are they managing the school funds and maintain d fees given to them from federal allocations etc

My School
During my time there was always light, that was one thing you can depend on and During rare occasions where there is no light, the school management will put on the Gen around 7pm at night still 2am then again by 5am

So what's happening now 🤔

The funny part is they’re probably paying for 24 hours electricity

For there to be weeks of power outage, if they are paying for it, is definitely an issue.

But, 24 hours power supply?? Hmm!

Ebimpawa ooooo Tinubu werey

Do the students have 24 hrs electricity in there papa houses?


They can't even think like students r supposed to.

You mean 24 hours powee supply is unrealistic?

When an institution like Adekunle Ajasin Akungba wouldn't have light for full week and students love it that way lolz...

Nothing is new here

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Whoever ordered the shut down has problem upstairs. Instead of fixing light issue so students can live a basic life, you shut down school. Anyway this is Nigeria

Shortsighted.

Bishop4bella:
They should enjoy electricity but 24/hours is not possible.

WHY CANT THE UNI SENATE INSTALL SOLAR SYSTEMS LIKE IN U.I.FOOLISH ACADEMIA WHO CANT PRACTISE WHAT THEY TEACH IN THIS A.I AGE

blowjohn:
Do the students have 24 hrs electricity in there papa houses?


They can't even think like students r supposed to.

Ask them oo

Why can't we get things done correctly in this country? I don tire oh

blowjohn:
Do the students have 24 hrs electricity in there papa houses?


They can't even think like students r supposed to.

You mean the students should continue paying 24 hours electricity bills without using the light?

This is the same reason Nigeria remains backward, how can the university be a world-class university if they can't have 24hrs electricity Odumeje was right when he said all educated persons in Nigeria are illetrates
According to Chinua Achebe "There Was a Country"
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Chingyyy878:
E be like say na only online people dey enjoy for this country cos everybody dey online dey form I’m living well, I can feed your generation.

To drive around for neighborhood nowadays na war. Everybody just get problem. Na everyday i dey settle people with money yet i go come online all these apc supporters no go let us hear word.

Make freestuffsng, helineus and others help us beg Tinubu since they seem closer to him make he ease the pains of Nigerians cos the street no funny.

Forget that Godforsaken hellanus, rapture don take him brain

PARADIZEPRIEST:
WHY CANT THE UNIBEN SENATE INSTALL SOLAR SYSTEMS LIKE IN U.I.FOOLISH ACADEMIA WHO CANT PRACTISE WHAT THEY TEACH IN THIS A.I AGE

Our universities that should be innovation centres have been turned to poverty incubators, socalled professor this professor that,they cant be creative except those in medical fields. They just sit their chopping our nation money just like those good for nothing politicians.

Hope VC and Director of works no chop NEPA money oOoOO

Hand go touch them ai

Meanwhile

Non academic students go happy die 💯