FUEL SCARCITY! University of Ibadan, UI closed for 2 weeks due to shortage of electricity and water.
The lingering fuel crisis has forced the the authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI) to announced a two-week mid-semester break.
All the students of the institution are urged to vacate the premises immediately, pending the time the problem of shortage of water and electricity would be addressed.
The students of Independence Hall of the institution had in the early hours of Monday stage a protest.
The students complained that they were facing hard time as a result of shortage of water and electricity.
An official of the university, who spoke , but pleaded anonymity, said, “The mid-semester break was declared as a result of power outage. The outage is also affecting other services on campus, especially water and electricity supply. The committee advised the management on the step taken to avert problems as witnessed recently”.
“The mid-semester break will take two weeks. The students living at Independence Hall lodged a complaint and the school authorities decided to take immediate action.” (NAN)