Students and staff yesterday blocked the University of Guyana’s (UG) two entrances in an escalation of protests for better conditions and the university’s Vice-Chancellor (VC) Jacob Opadeyi held a counter-demonstration of his own even as negotiations on pressing issues are expected to resume this morning.
Members of the UG Workers Union (UGWU) and UG Students Society (UGSS) blocked the gates of the institution and this lasted from about 6am to just after noon yesterday. The sit-in by staff at the institution continued thereafter. Negotiations are set to resume today and it is unclear whether the barricading of the gates will continue.
Opadeyi, for his part, stood near the head of the university’s access road at the Railway Embankment with three placards.
