The management of the University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State, has closed down the institution over the extended industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Registrar of the institution, Mrs. Olubunmi Faluyi, made this known via a special bulletin addressed to the students on Thursday.

The UI Registrar, in the bulletin, ordered the students of the university to vacate their halls of residence with immediate effect.

Faluyi stated: “Management, at its meeting on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, deliberated on the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which had now been extended by eight (8) weeks.

“As a result, academic activities in the university have become paralysed.

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“Consequently, the Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of the Senate, has directed that the university be closed until further notice.”

She added that post-graduate students, who have paid their school fees and undergraduate students who are on industrial attachment or practical training, are exempted from this vacation notice.

“Such students are to visit the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs for accommodation arrangement.

“A new date of resumption will be communicated in due course.

“Management wishes our students a safe journey to their various destinations,” Faluyi noted

It would be recalled that ASUU, on Monday, March 14, 2022, extended its industrial action by eight weeks, citing inability of the Federal Government to meet its demand.

The Star