The Polytechnic Ibadan in Oyo State has suspended the activities of the executives of the institution’s Students Union Government (SUG).
Similarly, the institution has also postponed its first semester examinations.
This school management made this known via a statement on Monday in Ibadan.
Registrar of the institution, Modupe Theresa Fawale in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday, disclosed that the examination has been postponed until further notice while the SUG has been suspended indefinitely.
Fawale said embarking on a protest on a day that they should be sober and commence their examination is ill-advised and politically motivated.
“The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has suspended the Students’ Union Executives of the institution and postponed the first-semester examination intended to commence today, Monday 9th January 2023 as a result of an unwarranted and politically motivated protest embarked upon by the students.
“The Management further noted that the students’ union breached the rule of decency by locking all the gates that lead to the Institution and thereby causing unwarranted hardship to their colleagues, to the Staff of the Institution, to their host communities, to the neighbouring university of Ibadan, and to the general public at large, most especially those that have official transactions with The Polytechnic Ibadan.
“Protesting on a day that they should be sober and commence their examination which is a major academic activity leading to the award of their diploma is ill-advised, politically motivated and therefore of no reasonable value to the students and indeed to the development of education”.
It was gathered that the students staged a protest over the institution’s decision to increase refusal fee from 5,000 to 15000 by the institution’s management.
Sources within the institution said the students normally pay N30,000 for accommodation every session but students who do not want to stay in the hostel pay N5, 000 refusal fee.
Findings show that the main gate and other gates leading to the institution were blocked by the students in the early hours of Monday.
However, in its reaction to the protest the institution decided to suspend the activities of the SUG
The Institution also announced that the first-semester examination billed to commence today, Monday 9th January 2023, has been postponed till further notice.
The institution described the protest as unwarranted and politically motivated.