The University of Ibadan has shut out its own students as it orders them to vacate the school premises immediately.
The management of the University of Ibadan, UI, on Monday shut the institution
and directed the students to vacate the campus on or before 6pm, Vanguard reports.
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 newsmen that the closure became necessary so as 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 to
constitute the Students’ Welfare Board as well as allow use of cooking appliances that had been banned in the halls of residence.
