UNIBEN Closes Up As Students Protest The New N20,000 Charge

UNIBEN closes up as students protest the new N20,000 charge

On Tuesday, September 14, university students poured into the streets to protest the institution’s imposition of a N20,000 late registration fee.

The students also set up roadblocks at the entrance to the university’s main campus in Ugbowo, disrupting traffic flow in and around Benin.

The institution issued a brief statement that says as follows:

“The Vice-Chancellor has reviewed the agitation by a section of the students’ body.

“After due consultation, and in the overall interest of the general students’ body, the vice-chancellor has, on behalf of the senate, approved the closure of the university with immediate effect.

“This is based on security reports to avoid the students’ action being hijacked by hoodlums and thereby prevent any form of breakdown of law and order within and outside the campuses of the university.

“Accordingly, all students are to vacate the hostels and the university premises not later than 12 noon on Wednesday 15th, September 2021.”

The decision to penalize students N20,000 for late registration was made in bad faith, according to Benjamin Egwu, President of the Student Union Government (SUG).

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