There is an ongoing protest inside the premier University. It was gathered that the management of the institution has increased tuition fee twice in two sessions since Tinubu came into steering the affairs of the nation.

All efforts to meet with any member of the management proved abortive as all doors to the Vice Chancellery Building were under key and lock.

Students were audibly heard chanting various protest songs. Entrance to the main gate was blocked by the students, who carried placards with different messages.

UI Students Protest Over Power Supply Rationing Amid Rising Fee, Halt Movement

The students of the University of Ibadan on Wednesday through a peaceful protest voiced their frustration over a newly implemented policy that limits campus electricity supply to just 10 hours a day.

The peaceful protest halted all vehicular movements and transportation systems within the campus.

The transportation system within the campus was paralysed as a result of the ongoing protest embarked upon by the students.

The institution has introduced a 10-hour daily electricity supply with effect from (Tuesday). The introduction of the new policy was contained in a memo issued by the Department of Works and Maintenance of the Institution.

The policy, effective from July 16, 2024, was announced via a memo from the university’s Department of Works and Maintenance, detailing supply hours from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Students argue that the reduced electricity hours are inadequate for their academic needs, particularly given the absence of alternative power sources on campus.

The students called on the university administration to reconsider the policy, citing the impact on their studies, such as charging laptops , phones and completing assignments.

The student body is also pressing for a reversal of recent tuition hikes, asserting that rising costs should not come alongside restricted access to essential services like electricity.

One anonymous student expressed concern about the financial burden of self-funding their education while facing these limitations.

“I’m sponsoring myself to school, I pay N283,000 just for school fees in a federal school,how do they want me to survive,” he lamented.

The students urged the university officials to invest in better infrastructure and renewable energy solutions to provide a more reliable power supply.

The students before the protest instructed the cab operators and tricyclists in the institution to stop their operation. They also blocked the main entrance of the institution as a result of the protest in order to prevent any vehicle from entering or going out of the institution.

The development rendered students, lecturers, and other stakeholders within the campus stranded. Though the pedestrian gate at the institution was opened.

The memo, which was dated 16th July 2024, was signed by the Director of Works, Engineer O.A. Adetolu. Adetolu, in the memo, noted that the Vice Chancellor of the institution has approved a 10-hour daily electricity supply on the campus.

The electricity supply for the day will be supplied between 08.am and 02.0m. The supply for the nighttime will be available between 10 pm and 02.am.

The memo tasked the concerned officers to adhere strictly to the new policy.

The letter reads, “Effective immediately, the Vice-Chancellor has approved 10-hour daily electricity supply on Campus as follows: 1. Day Time: 08 a.m. 02 p.m. (6 hours) 2. Night Time: 10 p.m. 02 a.m. (4 hours) Kindly adhere strictly to the approved schedule. Thank you."

https://independent.ng/ui-students-protest-over-power-supply-rationing-amid-rising-fee-halt-movement/

Commercial vehicles are not allowed to work as all were seen with their vehicles parked

To thy tent.





In Akpan's voice, Tinubu has done it again ooooo Odunma.

Doesnt look like a protest, just some unruly students doing their thing...

Hmmmm

The ripple effects of BOLA AHMED TINUBU harsh administration is gradually affecting everyone.

The MGT of the school made several efforts to cope with the economic realities on ground most especially the daily increase in the price of everything, yet; they has no option other than to transfer the tax burden to the students. The students after making this noise will definitely transmit the burden to their parents/guardians. In thesame vain, the parents/guardians will transfer the burden to the society by inflating the price of goods and services while government will be happy taxing all of us through patrol products. The rich getting richer while the poor getting poorer.

Life goes on.

I left..!

You all will learn the hard way...

police should use live ammunition and scatter them,when they voted their brother in power with tribalism in their heart they thought they were doing Igbos,shoot them back to their hostels.

Ballzproblem2:
police should use live ammunition and scatter them,when they voted their brother in power with tribalism in their heart they thought they were doing Igbos,shoot them back to their hostels.

would you shut up bloody tribalist ..

Ballzproblem2:
police should use live ammunition and scatter them,when they voted their brother in power with tribalism in their heart they thought they were doing Igbos,shoot them back to their hostels.

It's not only people from that region that are in that school, we have many students from other regions there

Better , their voice will be heard

Na wa

E go start small small

10 hrs, that's progressive in the 21st century..

When national protest start, bring in more energy because the country has really experienced PROGRESSION

Almost all the students of third world countries are protesting against one thing or the other these days. From students in Bangladesh protesting against job quotas for the rich,to students in Kenya protesting against tax hikes, to students in Nigeria protesting against Electricity ration and tuition hike.

I wonder why I wasn't born an European,touring around cities like Ibiza, Majorca, Tenerife, the Bahamas,Granada,with very little to worry about. E con be like say God deliberately push poverty and misery to Africa. Na ebimpami everywhere

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On election day, some of them were waving the N5K they collected and were smiling.

No fvcks given.

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It's not yet time, they're still warming up. By the time it hits those suffering and smiling supporters of Tinubu, protest proper will start. Recently,I was surprised, one woman who's the NLC leader in Lagos, who wore labour union cap and t-shirt, staging solidarity support for tinubu last year, when I saw her openly protesting against Tinubu's refusal to welcome their demands, I was like, has the 10k they shared last year finished already?

You dumped the party which you and your fellows formed in order to champion a course for the betterment of your children who are in the universities and the Nigerian workers at large, for 5 Kongo of rice with 10k, no be stupidity be that? Protest is yet to start. You're still seeing gari drink.

Reno Omokri: Igbo people are the ones protesting in University of Ibadan.

Joe Igbokwe: Igbo people should not disturb the peace of Ibadan.


Hellaanus: Any one that tries to protest in SW will be dealt with.

Eweeee

Hope Igbos won't be Blamed for this?

because FOOLS like Reno Omokri can make such silly claims.

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Ibadan people don't joke with protest

10 hrs a day is not sufficient for a university

What about all the money Buhari spent on power?

Season of oppression!!!

Ehya...thank God for Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi..

One yeye federal school..the only good thing is their constant power

MasterJayJay:
Reno Omokri: Igbo people are the ones protesting in University of Ibadan.

Joe Igbokwe: Igbo people should not disturb the peace of Ibadan.

A proper investigation will ascertain that the are right.

Unperturbedpota this are politically motivated protest from the GBAJUE'S... One love Nigeria...

𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 3𝐶'𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑.
𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.

But why are all the rambling and chaos in Nigeria federal government universities only in the south. It is a public knowledge that students of the federal schools in the southern part pay more than their counterparts in the northern side.

Why the discrepancy when they are all funded by the same federal government. You will hardly hear of any protest of students in far north about all these incessant fees that are obtainable in the south

COMRADES are speechless, it shall never be well with NEPA under the administration of Tinubu

Why punishing students unjustly?

Non academic students

Chaos everywhere 🤔