Hundreds of students from the University of Ibadan in Oyo
State have staged a peaceful protest against the 82-day power outage at the
University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan.
UCH is the teaching hospital where medical students from UI
are trained.
Our correspondent learned that UCH has been experiencing a
power outage for the past year due to debts owed to the Ibadan Electricity
Distribution Company, IBEDC.
IBEDC cut off the power supply to the hospital in March 2024
due to unpaid electricity bills.
The electricity distribution company also disconnected the
hospital’s power supply in November 2023 for the same reason.
Our correspondent learned that the power supply has still
not been restored.
Students from the University of Ibadan staged a peaceful
protest early Wednesday morning to express their dissatisfaction with the
situation at the hospital.
Our correspondent, who is monitoring the procession, reports
that the students were led by the President of the Students’ Union, SU, Bolaji
Aweda.
Aweda, speaking with Daily post, stated that students of the
institution have been directly affected.
“We are protesting against what is happening. And, of
course, our students are affected.
“For 82 days, there has been no light at UCH, and this is
due to the inability of UCH to pay its electricity bill to IBEDC.
“IBEDC has demanded that UCH settle its debt before they
will restore power,” he said.
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