The University of Benin will reopen on Monday following a closure prompted by student protests. The Senate decided to close the university on July 4 after weeks of student demonstrations concerning power outages on campus.
In a recent circular, Registrar Ademola Bobola announced that students should return to their residences on Sunday, with classes scheduled to resume the next day.
During the closure, the university administration addressed several issues that led to the shutdown, including improvements to electricity and water supply, as well as renovations to student accommodation.
“The decision to reopen the university was made by the Senate at its meetings held on July 23 and 24, 2024, in tandem with the position of the Governing Council, critical stakeholders, and after a review of the current atmosphere in the country. As part of the conditions for resumption, each returning student is required to swear an affidavit of undertaking to be of good conduct while in the university.
“The affidavit must contain cardinal points, as captured in the document attached to the circular. Students are expected to upload the sworn affidavit on their Kofa page of the university and submit the hard copy to their departmental course adviser within two weeks of resumption,” he said.
Bobola stated that failure to comply with the directive might result in the withholding of results of defaulting students.
He assured students that necessary actions had been taken to address the issues that led to the closure, expressing the confidence that normal academic activities would resume without any hitch.
The registrar advised students to take note of the resumption date and comply with the conditions for resumption to avoid any consequence.
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