The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Thursday approved the reopening of the university for academic activities on June 20, 2016, after about six weeks forceful closure over students protests. The Senate which was presided over by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, resolved to reopen the premier university for full academic activities on the 20th of June, while examinations will commence on July 4. It will be recalled that the University was shut down on April 6, 2016 following restiveness on campus as students expressed their displeasure over the suspension of a union leader by the students’ disciplinary committee and non-availability of some amenities needed on the campus such as lack of power and water which they said had made learning difficult for them. The UI Senate, while considering the decision of the Committee of Provost, Deans and Directors, urged the university administration to hold an interactive session with students body before being allowed into residence on the need to abide by the matriculation oath and conduct themselves in a responsible manner. The Vice Chancellor, Professor Olayinka had commended the parents who attended the stakeholders meeting of the university stating that the university believed that the parents will caution their wards just as he dropped the hint that the premier university will apply sanctions prescribed in the laws of the university on any erring students. Professor Olayinka, who lamented that the university of Ibadan have lost eight weeks to the crisis which led to the closure of the university, added that the session will now end around January 11, 2017 as against October 2016 in the original academic calendar meaning that "those who are supposed to graduate and do convocation this year will now have to wait till next year".
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