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BREAKING: UNIBEN Announces Immediate Closure Of Varsity
- UNIBEN has announced the immediate closure of the university.
EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lilian Salami, has ordered the students of the institution to vacate the school premises before 12pm on Wednesday following the protest that rocked the institution on Tuesday.
The directive was made known via a statement issued by the UNIBEN Registrar, Mr. Ademola Bobola Salami, on Wednesday.
It would be recalled that the students of the institution while protesting on Tuesday barricaded the ever-busy Benin-Lagos Expressway and the Ekheuan Road over a N20,000 late registration fee imposed by the university management.
The UNIBEN students had described the decision of the management of the institution as unpleasant, citing the “unfavourable economic situation’’ currently bedeviling the country.
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However, the statement by the University Registrar on Wednesday read, “The Vice-Chancellor has reviewed the agitation by a section of the students’ body on Tuesday.
“After due consultation and in the overall interest of all students’ body, the Vice-Chancellor has, on behalf of Senate, approved the immediate closure of the University.
“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,” the Registrar stated.
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