100 Days in Darkness: UCH Medical Students Protest Prolonged Power Outage.

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Medical students of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, are currently staging a protest at the office of the Chief Medical Director (CMD) over the prolonged power outage and lack of water supply. 

The protest coincides with a meeting between the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, the CMD, Jesse Otegbayo, and stakeholders at the institution’s conference room to discuss a solution to the epileptic power supply.

The students, armed with placards bearing various inscriptions, are demanding an end to the power outage that has lasted over 100 days. Some of the placards read, “+100 Days of Darkness: Save UCH; Save ABH Hall; Save Falade Hall; Give Us Light; This Is Not How We Want To Live; Medical School Is Hard Enough—Give Us Light; All We Are Saying, Give Us Light.”

Samson Samuel, a former President of the Students Union Government, University of Ibadan, and a medical student, lamented the situation, saying, “We had had a series of meetings with the management of UCH, but nothing was done to restore electricity in the halls.” He emphasised, “No light, no water. We shall continue this protest until our demands are met.

Olamide Omotunde, a former Speaker of the University of Ibadan and a medical student, also expressed frustration, stating, “We protested on January 26, 2025, to the State and Federal Secretariats, Agodi, Ibadan, with the hope that the management will restore power, but up till now, nothing was done. And that’s why we decided, after 100 days, to protest over the non-availability of power.

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