• Ibadan
• Power Cut
• UCH

STUDENTS OF COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IBADAN CLASH WITH MINISTER BAYO ADELABU OVER POWER CUT

• 

  Nicolas Adekeye / 4 weeks
• 0
• 2 min read

Students of the College of Medicine at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, are currently expressing their discontent with the Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, over the prolonged power outage at the medical facility, which has lasted for over 100 days. The students’ frustration boiled over as Adelabu visited the hospital to find a lasting solution to the power cut. The Minister also met with the hospital management in a closed-door meeting. Although the details of the meeting are not yet clear, the students’ outburst suggests that they are fed up with the prolonged blackout, which has likely disrupted their academic activities. Speaking to journalists, a former President of the Students Union Government, University of Ibadan, Samson Samuel, and former Speaker of UI, Olamide Omotunde, who are medical students, lamented the situation. “We had had series of meetings with the management of UCH, but nothing was done to restore electricity in the halls,” Samuel said. Samuel emphasized, “No light, no water. We shall continue this protest until our demands are met.” Omotunde stated, “We protested on January 26, 2025, to the State and Federal Secretariats, Agodi, Ibadan, with the hope that the management will restore it, but up till now, nothing was done. And that’s why we decided after 100 days to protest over the non-availability of power.”