OAU students declare 72-hour lecture boycott over transport crisis

Academic activities astatine Obafemi Awolowo University are acceptable to beryllium disrupted pursuing a planned lecture boycott by students protesting changes to the institution’s transport system.

The action, scheduled to past for 72 hours from Tuesday, April 14 to Thursday, April 16, 2026, emerged aft a bid of meetings betwixt pupil leaders and stakeholders implicit mobility challenges connected campus.

The Students’ Union Government confirmed the determination aft deliberations astatine a legislature held connected April 9, citing unresolved concerns linked to caller proscription reforms.

In a connection jointly signed by national president Adelani David and secretary-general Habeeb Oke, the enactment directed students to retreat from each lectures during the protestation period.

“The national shall embark connected a full 72-hour lecture boycott starting from Tuesday, 14th April 2026, to Thursday, 16th April 2026. All world activities are to beryllium boycotted passim this period,” the connection read.

The protestation centres connected the university’s transport restructuring, introduced aft the donation of buses and tricycles intended to amended question wrong the campus.

The initiative, supported by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, led to a argumentation restricting intra-campus transport ...