All roads within and around the Oyo State secretariat is blocked.
Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan are protesting the increase in amount payable for hostel refusal fee.
A student, who craved anonymity as he was not authorized to speak, said that “We normally pay N30,000 for accommodation every season but for those who don’t want to stay in the hostel, they pay N5,000 refusal fee. But the management just woke up and said that it has increased the refusal fee from N5,000 to N15,000.”
Corroborating the first speaker, another student said that we should have concluded our exams last year but we couldn’t not start. “The management did not have money for logistics. And when the consultant released money, it was not enough so that they had to postpone the commencement of the examination. On campus, except there is power supply, they switch off power generating set at 12 noon. Imagine if a Polytechnic doesn’t have light beyond 12 noon, what should we expect?”
The students also said they are tired with the continued use of a consultant in running the affairs of the institution.
In their large numbers, they chanted anti-government songs, saying that the activities of the consultant has slowed down the growth of the school.
Calls placed to Okiki Olojede, president of the students union of the institution could not go through as at the time of filing this story.
