UI closed over tuition hike protest

Following the protest held by students of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday, over the hike in tuition fees by the institution’s Governing Council, the management of the institution has directed all students to vacate the campus by 2 pm on Saturday.

PUNCH Online reported on Friday that students of the institution staged a peaceful protest over tuition hikes by the management of the institution.

Our correspondent observed that the students, during the protest, carried different placards with inscriptions such as, “We Say No Tuition Hikes,” “The Management Is Insensitive To Our Plights,” and “Our Parents Cannot Afford The New Hikes,” while they blocked roads leading to the campus.

As a result, in a circular dated August 30, 2024, and obtained by our correspondent on Saturday, the institution’s registrar, G. O. Saliu, directed the students to vacate the school premises by 2 pm on Saturday (today), stating that the school will be shut for three weeks.

According to Saliu, the closure followed the meeting of the university’s management with the leadership of the student union on Friday, August 30, 2024, where the Vice-Chancellor on behalf of the Senate approved that the institution be shut for three weeks.

He noted that the directive is effective Saturday, August 31, 2024, till September 20, 2024.

The circular read, “All students are to vacate the university campus by 2 pm on Saturday, August 31, 2024.