REVEALED: University of Ibadan Track Record of Silencing Student Voices with Harsh Suspensions

Keep up with the latest news and be part of our weekly giveaways and airtime sharing; follow our WhatsApp channel for more updates. Click to Follow us

The University of Ibadan (UI) has a history of suppressing dissenting student voices, and the latest suspensions of two students are a stark reminder of this trend. Ayodele Aduwo and Mide Gbadegesin, a 400-level and postgraduate student, respectively, were suspended for four semesters for participating in a protest against the university’s fee hike.

For further information on education, read more details here

The students had joined others to stage a demonstration on May 13, 2024, holding placards that read “FEE MUST FALL” in response to the sudden increase in fees from N20,000 and N30,000 to N203,000 and N412,000. This is not the first time UI has suspended students for exercising their rights. In 2019, Ojo Aderemi was suspended for four semesters for protesting the delay in issuing student ID cards, only for the Federal High Court to rule the suspension null and void in 2023

Similarly, Adekunle Adebajo, a 500-level law student, was suspended in 2018 for criticising the university’s poor facilities in a newspaper article two years prior. These incidents demonstrate a pattern of silencing student voices and suppressing their rights to raise concerns about their welfare and learning conditions.

For further information on education, read more details here

The suspensions of Mide and Ayodele are a repetition of UI’s harmful habit, and it remains to be seen whether the university will learn from its past mistakes and respect the rights of its students to express themselves

Please don’t forget to “Allow the notification” so you will be the first to get our gist when we publish it. 
Drop your comment in the section below, and don’t forget to share the post