The
management of the University of Ibadan on Monday shut the institution and
directed the students to vacate the campus on or before 6 p.m.
The News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students had earlier taken to the
streets of Ibadan in protest, alleging insensitivity on the part of the
university management.
But the
university’s Director of Communications and Publication, Olatunji Oladejo, told
NAN that the closure became necessary in other to avert crisis.
He said that
the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, had convened an emergency meeting of
the university Senate to review the circumstances surrounding the development.
“The University
of Ibadan in its wisdom has decided to shift the examination earlier scheduled
for June to July, 2017,” Oladejo said.
He said that
undergraduate students are to resume back in school on July 17, while the post
graduate students would continue to stay on campus for their research
activities.
The students
at a congress on Saturday passed a resolution to disrupt the forthcoming
examinations if students were not provided with identity cards.
They also
asked the authorities constitute the Students’ Welfare Board as well as allow
use of cooking appliances that had been banned in the halls of residence.
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