Protest: UNIBEN sets conditions for students to resume

The University of Benin is scheduled to return on Sunday, August 11, following the shutdown caused by student protests and agitations.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the institution’s Senate halted the school on July 4 in response to student protests over weeks of power outages on campus.

According to a circular from the university’s Registrar, Ademola Bobola, students must return to their halls of residence by Sunday, August 11, with classes resuming on Monday, August 12.

The registrar stated that during the closure, university management addressed the difficulties that led to the institution’s closure, such as electricity and water supply, as well as renovations of residence halls.

“The decision to reopen the university was made by the Senate at its meetings held on July 23 and 24, 2024, in tandem with the position of the governing council, and critical stakeholders, and after a review of the current atmosphere in the country.

“As part of the conditions for resumption, each returning student is required to swear an affidavit of undertaking to be of good conduct while in the university.

“The affidavit must contain cardinal points, as captured in the document attached to the circular.

“Students are expected to upload the affidavit on their Kofa page of the university and submit the hard copy to their departmental course adviser within two weeks of resumption,” he said.

Bobola stated that failure to comply with the directive might result in the withholding of results of defaulting students.

He assured students that necessary actions had been taken to address the issues that led to the closure, expressing the confidence that normal academic activities would resume without any hitch.

The registrar advised students to take note of the resumption date and comply with the conditions for resumption to avoid any consequences.