FUTA alumni reject call to rename institution after Shagari


Following the call to rename the Federal University of Technology Akure, after the late former President Sheu Shagari, the alumni of the institution have kicked against the call, saying it might mar the brand of the institution.

It was gathered that after the death of Shagari, there have been calls from some quarters, that the former President be immortalised by naming one of the federal universities, established during his administration between 1979 to 1983, after him.

Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, the President of the FUTA Alumni Association, Olaitan Adesomoju, appealed to the Federal Government to disregard the suggestion that Shagari be immortalised by renaming FUTA after him.

According to the alumni president, a name change for FUTA would do more harm than good to the institution, which he said, had over the years created an international brand for itself with the name FUTA.

Adesomoju said, the focus for the institution should be how its infrastructural and academic advancement would be uplifted by the Federal Government, stressing that aside FUTA, one of the other institutions established in various parts of the country by Shagari could be renamed after him.

He said, “Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), in his tribute to the late Alhaji Shehu Shagari with the title ‘’Name Federal University of Technology, Akure after Shagari ‘ published in several National daily newspapers.

“We, the entire members of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Alumni Association worldwide, view this as a personal opinion or a mere suggestion from Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), whom most of us refer to as a father.

“After extensive consultation and discussions with alumni members globally, we wish to state clearly that the overwhelming majority vehemently oppose any name change to our great alma mater.


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Shehu Shagari University of Technology Akure... SSUTA



Sounds nice...

I think University of Ibadan would be better...

Shehu shagari University of Ibadan..(SSUB)... Many of the students there are Muslims anyway.....

obonujoker:
I think University of Ibadan would be better...

Shehu shagari University of Ibadan..(SSUB)... Many of the students there are Muslims anyway.....

Was that created during shagari era?

What about SSUL

Shehu Shagari University of Lagos.

Let's give him Lagos

After all its a no man's

obonujoker:
I think University of Ibadan would be better...

Shehu shagari University of Ibadan..(SSUB)... Many of the students there are Muslims anyway.....

Pls stop it.

If they could reject MAULAG which was supposed to be Abiola immortalization how much more a Northerner! One Nigeria na lip service

drake2:


Pls stop it.

He should stop the joke, Lagos enjoyed a better economic growth under Shagari regime, let's name University of Lagos after the humble former president.

Shehu Shagari university of Lagos.

What nonsense! Rename a road after him not a university. There are too many stakeholders in a university who wouldn't want the change.

Lalasticlala

HigherEd:
What nonsense! Rename a road after him not a university. There are too many stakeholders in a university who wouldn't want the change.

Lalasticlala

They have many federal uni of tech in the north they have run down with Islamic domination and doctrines so let them use those. FUTMINNA is there in the north west Shagari hails from.