A heavy rainfall on Friday night has damaged seven buildings including the Students’ Union building, two halls of residence, Chemistry Laboratory at International School, Ibadan and some buildings within the premises of the University of Ibadan.
Speaking on the extent of the damage caused by the rain the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the institution, Prof. Emilolorun Aiyelari, told journalists that other affected buildings include: halls of residence such as Tedder and Bello halls and some departments in the Faculty of Agriculture.
He said that an electricity transformer at the SU building was also damaged during the rain.
However, Aiyelari said the institution was yet to ascertain what it will cost the management to fix the damaged property.
He also assured students that the damages will not affect the academic activities of the institution.
Aiyelari said,
“We have recorded a lot of damages, unquantified for now, when we are through, we will be able to know how much it will cost. We have three major roofs removed. One in Tedder hall, two buildings in the departments.
“The other one is the International School (ISI) where the main building, the administrative building covering the Chemistry laboratory were removed. We have gone round, there are some other problems here and there, at Bello hall where we have slight damages, then the dome. It was heavy rainfall yesterday.
“This will not affect our academic activities because our students are on holiday except the postgraduate students writing their projects. You know we are resuming 16th of this month. We will have enough time to fix these and repair them.”
Aiyelari further told journalist said he cannot quantify how much it will cost for repairs and replacements. He said they were still assessing the damages and will isolate the areas that are experiencing a power outage
He continued,
“I can’t say for now, like I said earlier, by evening we will be able to quantify how much it will cost. But let me say that we have three roofs removed, we have to fix them.
“Let me also say that transformer at our SU building was damaged and since then the whole campus has been experiencing power outage since yesterday night. We want to isolate that area so that other areas will not be affected.”
The heavy rainfall also reportedly caused havoc in some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
