Students of the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, on Friday stormed out in their numbers to protest against the non-provision of water, electricity and other basic amenities on the campus of the institution.
The protesters blocked the main gate of the college as well as the Ondo-Ore Expressway, while lamenting that the school management was insensitive to their plight.
It was gathered that for several hours, there was a traffic logjam on the busy expressway while the protest lasted, while the aggrieved students complained that the school management failed to provide water and electricity for them in spite of the exorbitant levy they were paying, PUNCH reports.
While protesting, the students took out their empty buckets to show their grievances and were singing various solidarity songs.
One of the aggrieved students who simply identified himself as Sola was quoted as saying that the management of the college had failed in its responsibility, and that the protest would continue until the school did the needful.
Sola said, “We are paying the school for all these and yet we are lacking amenities, no water, no electricity, to study is very difficult. So the school should attend to our request unless the protest would continue.”
Commenting on the students’ protest, the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mrs Seto Olatuyi, said that the school management would attend to the demands of the students, saying that “Management is working on the issues raised.”