Protest: Ibadan Poly suspends second semester examinations

Damilola Ajibola

The authorities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Tuesday, postponed the second semester examinations for the 2021/2022 academic session indefinitely.

News Contact Online recalled that students of the institution on Monday staged a protest.

The Public Relations Officer of the school, Alhaji Soladoye Adewole, said some of the students that protested wee those who refused to pay their tuition fees for the completion of their registration.

“Many of them have not paid and as a result, they have not completed their registration.

“And the management is insisting that those who have not completed their registration, and have not paid will not write the examination.

“So, they suddenly woke up to realise this on the day they are supposed to start their examinations.

“One to two weeks ago they were busy celebrating their Hall Week, Towns celebration and other celebrations, forgetting to pay their tuition fee, which might have been given to them by their parents or guardians,” he said.

Adewole said since the students knew that the school management would enforce a “No Pay, No Examinations” they employed their own strategy to halt the examinations scheduled for Monday.

“The examinations have been called off, but we are going to re-strategise.

“Anybody that does not pay or complete his or her registration is not a student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, except they do the needful,” he said.

However, some of the students claimed
that some of them had paid, but unable to print their course forms, which could not proceed with registration.

They equally claimed that some of them started their registration and are yet to complete it due to various reasons.

The students, however, urged the management to first conclude the examinations for the part-time students before the commencement of the examinations for the full-time students.