By: Sonaike Peter
Students of the University of Ibadan have expressed worry about their uncertainty about the protracted fee hike agitation.
Students who spoke to IndyPress expressed frustration as the Students’ Union has delayed convening a congress to discuss or evaluate the spate of the fee hike concern.
Reacting, Oloche Sunday from the Alexander Brown Hall of Residence criticized the Students’ Union to postpone the Congress, drawing a parallel between the Union and the Nigerian government, which he claimed ‘fails its citizens’.
“This UI’SU and government are the same. Eye service set of people,” he said.
Speaking, Suilamon from the Great Independence Hall faulted the Students’ Union President, Aweda Bolaji, for disregarding what he viewed as a justifiable call for a congress.
He asserted that the Students’ Union President has been untoward and insensitive to student plight, questioning his resilience.
Suilamon further charged the student union to call for Congress without entertaining cowardice.
“I condemn the lackadaisical attitude of Aweda Oloye and I what ask.. is he a puppet?” Sulaimon asked.
For Olamide Gbadegesin, a Post-graduate student at the Institute of African Studies, he expressed doubt about the Students’ Union ability to represent students’ well-being within the university community.
“I’m curious to know why the idea of a congress bothers them so much that they try to evade it a second time under the guise of funny reasons,” Olamide said.
Corroborating the above, Nice, a Law student, asserted that the Students’ Union has been inactive with regards to the concerns raised by students.
“We asking for a Congress to evaluate all of these issues is only normal. Any great thing that will happen will happen as a result of communication, conversation and action. Not only action alone, conversations are very necessary,” she added.
Kingsley, a 300 level student from the Faculty of Education urged the Students’ Union to prioritize students’ welfare as representatives of the student body.
He further warned that its indecision towards addressing issues at hand would be consequential to students.
“The Students’ Union should take student concerns serious, that is what it is called to do,” he said.
