The authorities of the University of Benin on Thursday shutdown academic activities in the institution indefinitely.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the university, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, attributed the decision to the refusal of the students to shift grounds on their demands.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the students on Wednesday took to the streets, blocking the ever-busy Benin-Ore Highway, to protest weeks of power outages on campus.
The students, who had two weeks until their first semester examination, said the situation was severely affecting their preparation.
The students also called for a downward review of transport fares by the UNIBEN shuttle service, which was increased with effect from July 1.
NAN reports that the university was thrown into a blackout by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company following the inability to reach agreement over contentious electricity billings.
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