Ogun State government yesterday directed the governing council of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, to close down the institution immediately.
The directive was contained in a statement signed by the secretary to the state government (SSG), Taiwo Adeoluwa, in Abeokuta.
The government also advised all parents whose wards are students of the university to immediately call them to order as the government would not tolerate any act that will disturb the peace being enjoyed by the people of the state.
According to Adeoluwa, the decision to shut the university was taken in the overall interest of peace and order as the students of the university have continued to issue threats while rejecting all entreaty and concessions made by the government on their various demands concerning increase in school fees which the authorities recently announced its reduction.
The government also abolished the indigene/non-indigene dichotomy in the school fees regime and announced the 2014-2015 academic session as commencement period for the policy.
He further stated that while students in nine of the 10 institutions commended the government for its decisions, OOU students insisted that the new school fees regime should take effect from the 2013/2014 academic session and that the fees should be further reduced.
