Students of the University of Ibadan College of Medicine, on Monday, stormed the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State protesting the prolonged power outage at the hospital.
The students expressed their grievances, saying they were tired of the over 100-day power outage at UCH.
Minister of Power, Chief Bayo Adelabu, and IBEDC management were at UCH over the lingering power outage during the protest.
The students displayed placards with inscriptions such as “We are tired of 100 days of darkness; Save UCH” among others.
They insisted the minister must bring solutions to the outage, which, they said, had been disrupting their academic and clinical activities.
The Students Union President, Bolaji Aweda, says the union demands immediate restoration of power to UCH.
According to him, the students also demand that the 50 per cent waiver the government promised to tertiary healthcare facilities be implemented.
They also requested for an urgent reformation of the health sector among others.
In his response, the minister assured that the government and the UCH management team would look into the real issues and causes of the power outage.
He promised to proffer a permanent solution to the situation and that the institution would soon be reconnected by IBEDC.
IBEDC disconnected UCH from the national grid on October 27 due to accumulated debts.
