UCH Medical Students Protest 100-days of power outage

Medical students at University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State, are currently outside for protest the office of the hospital’s Chief Medical Director.

The protest is sparked by the ongoing lack of electricity and running water in the facility.

As the protest continues, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu and CMD, Jesse Otegbayo, are also holding a meeting with stakeholders at the Conference Room of the institution to fashion out a solution to the epileptic power supply.

Amidst the ongoing protests, Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu and CMD Jesse Otegbayo are having a meeting with concerned parties at the hospital’s Conference Room.

Their goal is to develop a solution to the intermittent power outages affecting the facility.

PUNCH Online reports that the UCH has been in darkness since October 2024, making over 100 days as of today (Monday).

The students displayed placards with different inscriptions such as;

“+100 Days of Darkness: Save UCH; Save ABH Hall;

Save Falade Hall; Give Us Light; This Is Not How We Want To Live;

Medical School Is Hard Enough- Give Us Light; All We Are Saying, Give Us Light among others.”

“We had had series of meetings with the management of UCH, but nothing was done to restore electricity in the halls.”

Samuel said, “No light, no water. We shall continue this protest until our demands are met.”

Omotunde stated, “We protested on January 26, 2025, to the State and Federal Secretariats, Agodi, Ibadan, with the hope that the management will restore it but up till now, nothing was done. And that’s why we decided after 100 days to protest over non-availability of power.”