The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has suspended all academic activities indefinitely in response to student protests that took place on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.
According to a statement released by UNIBEN's Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire, the shutdown only applies to academic staff and does not affect non-academic personnel.
“Following the refusal of students of the University of Benin to shift grounds on their demands for twenty-four hours supply of electricity and more, considered unrealistic by the University’s Senate, the University has shut down academic activities indefinitely,” the statement read.
“Students are to vacate the hostels immediately while all the relevant units of the University are to take note and comply. However, non-teaching staff and staff on essential duties are not affected by the shutdown.”
UNIBEN students took to the streets on Wednesday, blocking the busy Benin-Ore Highway to protest weeks of power outages on their campus.
The prolonged power cut has severely impacted their preparation for the upcoming first-semester examinations which are just two weeks away.
The students are asking for a 24-hour electricity supply in the university, an agitation the management has tagged as unrealistic.
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