Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan

The management of the University of Ibadan has shut down the institution and directed the students to vacate the campus on or before 6pm.

The university’s Director of Communications and Publication, Mr. Olatunji Oladejo, who made the disclosure yesterday, said the closure became necessary in order to avert crisis.

It would be recalled that the students of the institution had earlier yesterday taken to the streets of Ibadan in protest, alleging insensitivity on the part of the university management.

Oladejo said the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, had convened an emergency meeting of the university Senate to review circumstances surrounding the development.

He said, “The University of Ibadan, in its wisdom, has decided to shift the examination earlier scheduled for June to July, 2017”.

According to him, undergraduate students are to resume school on July 17, while postgraduate students would continue to stay on campus for their research activities.

The students at a congress on Saturday passed a resolution to disrupt the forthcoming examinations if students were not provided with identity cards.

They also called on the authorities to constitute the Students’ Welfare Board as well as allow use of cooking appliances that had been banned in the halls of residence.