The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday suspended the Students’ Union of the institution over the protest embarked upon by the students.
The Quest Times gathered that the school management also postponed the first-semester examination meant to commence today, Monday, January 9, 2023.
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The students earlier on Monday protested the increment in hostel refusal fee. The protest was staded within and outside the institution’s campus.
The main gate and other gates leading to the institution were blocked by the students in the early hours of Monday.
It was learnt that the students normally pay N30,000 for accommodation every session but students who do not want to stay in the hostel pay N5, 000 refusal fee. While the management of the institution was said to have increased the refusal fee from N5,000 to N15,000, resulting in a protest in the early hours of Monday.
However, the management in a statement signed by the Registrar, Mrs Modupe Fawale, disclosed that the examination had been postponed until further notice and the Students’ Union suspended indefinitely.
The statement described the protest as unwarranted and politically motivated. Adding that embarking on a protest on a day that they should be sober and commence their examination is ill-advised.
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“The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has suspended the Students’ Union Executives of the institution and postponed the first-semester examination intended to commence today, Monday 9th January 2023 as a result of an unwarranted and politically motivated protest embarked upon by the students.
“The Management further noted that the students’ union breached the rule of decency by locking all the gates that lead to the Institution and thereby causing unwarranted hardship to their colleagues, to the Staff of the Institution, to their host communities, to the neighbouring university of Ibadan, and to the general public at large, most especially those that have official transactions with The Polytechnic Ibadan.
“Protesting on a day that they should be sober and commence their examination which is a major academic activity leading to the award of their diploma is ill-advised, politically motivated and therefore of no reasonable value to the students and indeed to the development of education,” the statement added.