By: IndyPress News Desk

Some residents of the Great Independence Hall of Residence, University of Ibadan, have decried the disconnection of electricity from their assigned rooms, IndyPress reports.

The affected residents include occupants of C-67, C-68, and C-69. The student residents lamented the stress and inconvenience of turning to other rooms to power their gadgets.

It has been nearly four months since these rooms lost access to electricity. As previously reported by IndyPress on January 28, 2025, the outage was caused by a power surge that led to electrical disruptions in the affected rooms.

Speaking to IndyPress, Jeff, a new resident of C-68, decried the development. He mentioned that he has been having difficulty turning to other rooms to power his gadgets.

“The sockets are not working. And it is not only my room, two rooms are also affected. You know, we just started the academic session, and I have been having a lot of difficulty charging my phone and gadgets. I talked to the AG this evening about it. He said there is no problem,” Jeff told IndyPress.

Another resident, Mayowa Ojo, who was assigned to room C-67 on Friday, lamented his experience since being allocated to the room.

Ojo explained that he has been turning to his friend’s room to power his gadgets, which he found inconvenient.

“I was told that it has been like that since January. We only have a bulb; the sockets are not working. I can’t charge my phone. I go to another room to charge. It has not been easy. I really wish it gets fixed, if possible, tomorrow. Today has already gone. At most, this week,” Mayowa Ojo said.

Animashaun, a resident of C-68, also corroborated Ojo’s experience.

“The Dean of Students Said the Management is Working on It” – Gbadebo David Adegbola, Indy Hall 14th Assembly Speaker Says

In an interview with IndyPress, Gbadebo David Adegbola, the Speaker of Indy Hall 14th Assembly and the floor representative of the affected student residents, said he had informed the hall management about the issue.

Gbadebo also explained that some personnel from the Department of Works and Maintenance stated that the repair of faulty electrical appliances would be capital intensive after carrying out a survey.

He, however, confirmed that the Dean of Students, Professor Fakeye Abiona, was aware of the issue. Gbadebo told IndyPress that the Dean promised to resolve it.

“We tried our best. We involved the hall management when it happened. We reported the case to the porter. I made sure I went there every day, sometimes twice a day, to report again and again because I believe that it is only when we keep pressing them, letting them know that this problem still persists, that we can have a solution,” Gbadebo said.

“Two or three days ago, the hall management met with the Dean of Students to address these issues because we had something similar in the finalist block. They approached the Dean of Students to tell him what we have been facing as students. We reported the maintenance reports about this issue. Even the maintenance personnel were present there too. And the Dean of Students confirmed and promised that the university management is working on it,” he added.

Efforts to get comments from the House Secretary of Indy Hall, Obinelo Chisom, were unsuccessful, as he declined to address the press.