Posted by The Oyo State institution’s Students Union Government (SUG) executives have been placed on administrative leave, according to Polytechnic Ibadan.
The college also announced that it had postponed the first semester exams.
These disclosures were made by the institution on Monday.
According to kuryaloaded, the students held a demonstration both inside and outside the school’s campus before deciding to suspend the SUG and postpone the exam.
According to information obtained by our correspondent, on Monday, university students protested the increase in the cost of hostel refusal.
According to sources inside the college, students typically pay N30,000 per session for housing, but those who choose not to stay in the dormitory must pay a N5,000 refusal charge.
According to the source, the institution’s administration raised the refusal charge from N5,000 to N15,000, which sparked a protest in the wee hours of Monday.
In the early hours of Monday, our correspondent saw that the students had blocked the main gate and other entrances to the building.
In response, management suspended the SUG.
The first-semester exam that was scheduled to start today, Monday, January 9, 2023, has been postponed until further notice, according to the institution.
The protest was deemed unjustified and politically motivated by the institution.
In a statement made available to kuryaloaded on Monday, the institution’s registrar, Modupe Theresa Fawale, revealed that the SUG has been halted indefinitely and the test has been postponed until further notice.
Starting a protest on the day when they should start their exam while sober is politically driven, according to Fawale.
“As a result of an uncalled for and politically driven protest organized by the students, The Polytechnic, Ibadan’s management has suspended the Students’ Union Executives of the university and postponed the first-semester examination scheduled to begin today, Monday, 9th January 2023.
“The Management further noted that the students’ union violated the standard of decency by locking all entrances to the institution, causing unwarranted hardship to their fellow students, the staff of the institution, their host communities, the nearby university of Ibadan, and the general public at large, particularly those who conduct business with The Polytechnic Ibadan.
“It is ill-advised, politically motivated, and therefore of no reasonable value to the students and indeed to the development of education,” the statement reads. “Protesting on a day that they should be sober and begin their examination, which is a major academic activity leading to the award of their diploma.”