FIC Report (Oyo State) – The students of the University of Ibadan are currently protesting the several weeks of power outage at the Complex of the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan.
The Complex is the teaching hospital of the University of Ibadan, where its medical students are trained.
Reports show that the teaching hospital, UCH, has been experiencing a power outage for the past year due to debts owed to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC.
It was reported that the 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.
Immediate reports show that the power supply has still not been restored. This therefore has angered the students from the University of Ibadan, who, instead, staged a peaceful protest early today, to express their dissatisfaction with the situation at the hospital.
The students were led by the President of the Students’ Union, SU, Bolaji Aweda.
Aweda, speaking with to the press, 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.
Signed
Moses Oyelade,
AD(I&PR), FIC, Ibadan.
