The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has declared a three-week break after students protested recent tuition increment.
This decision was contained in a circular by the University’s management after a meeting with the Students’ Union leadership on Friday.
According to the management, the break was to give students enough time to pay their fees and complete online registration.
The first semester examinations, originally scheduled to begin on September 2, have been postponed to September 23.
The circular also noted that the portal for fee payment and course registration will not be reopened after September 20, 2024.
Academic and non-academic activities in the institution have been paralyzed as a result of the protest.
Students of the institution in the early hours of Friday commenced protest over increment of their school fees.
The protest resulted from approval of the increment of the school fees by Governing Council of the institution.
The Governing Council of the institution during its meeting held at the institution on Thursday approved increment of the school fees.
It was learnt that lectures that were supposed to take place on Friday were not held.
The protesting students were seen going round the faculties in the institution to ensure that no lecture was held.
It was observed that non-academic activities supposed to take place in the libraries and other facilities were suspended as a result of the protest.
At the Kennedy Dike library, the main library in the institution revealed that students were not allowed to enter the library as s result of the protest.
