UNIBEN students shut down Benin-Ore highway over power outage

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Students of the University of Benin took to the streets on Wednesday, blocking the ever-busy Benin-Ore Highway to protest weeks of power

outages on the campus.

The management of the institution was said to have expressed discontent after Benin Disco reportedly made an upward review of the institution’s monthly electricity charges by over 200 per cent. The protest, which began early in the morning, saw students carrying placards and chanting slogans as they blocked the highway.

 

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