Nickydrake: I just dey happy for the guys who supply official stationery and do other printing jobs on university property...if you know what i mean.

brabus: University of Leeds
University of Manchester
University of Edinburgh
University of Kent
University of Glasgow
University of Liverpool
University of Sheffield
University of Sussex
University of Southampton
University of Exeter
University of Nottingham
University of Bath
University of York
University of Ibadan
Moshood Abiola University
Obafemi Awolowo University
Evans Enwerem University
Abraham Adesanya University

Can't you see the sharp contrast? All the universities above are the pride of their cities and they strive to live up to the good names.

I cannot imagine Cameron changing any of the above names without due consultations. As far as in me lies, there are better ways to immortalize the dead.

If GEJ truly accept Abiola as a National HERO, he should rename 'Eagle Square' after him and not just a south-west abracadabra.

ActiveMan: JONATHAN DECISION ARE ALWAYS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION...

WHY TAKE THE GLORY OF UNILAG?

WHO MKO?
WHAT IMPACT AS HE MAKE TO NIGERIA?
DO NOT COMPARE AWOLOWO TO MKO

GEJ DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT?

1. GIVE US GOOD ROAD (NAME THOSE ROAD ANYTHING YOU LIKE)
2. GIVE US ELECTRICITY (NAME THE COMPANY THE NAME YOU LIKE)
3. WE NEED FOOD (NOT GEJ BISCUIT (WE ARE NOT YOUR BABY))
4. PROVIDE JOB OPPORTUNITY (NAME THE COMPANIES ANY NAME TOO WE DO NOT CARE)
5. EDUCATION IS ALSO NECESSARY(NOT THAT FOOLISH SCHOOLS YOU JUST START IN THE NORTH) [/size][size=8pt][size=8pt][/size]

THIS ARE THE BASIC THING NIGERIANS WANTS

ollyruffy: I can also see many kids on this thread. [size=15pt]You better go back to your studies except your parents are among the thiefing polithiefcians[/size].

Desola:

The name 'UNILAG' was fine just as it was, it was synonymous with class and panache but renaming it MAU just takes away the prestige in my opinion. I hate this jonasatan even more now. Gosh!

Remii: On a lighter mood, No more Unilag babes, they are now Abiola babes.

NorthSharp:

It is for the same reason (i.e good reputation, nurtured on a name that is widely considered prestigious) that we see the Igbos always vehemently resisting any suggestion that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka be re-named after an individual Igbo personality, no matter how much they revere that personality!

Zik and Ojukwu can be described as the two most prominent Igbo personalities in the history of modern Nigeria, yet no FG could dare rename the 'University of Nigeria' after either of them, neither at their deaths nor subsequently as in this case!

In fact, we all have come across many Igbos trying to interpret any idea of renaming the UNN after ANYBODY (including Ujukwu) as being a conspiracy (by the usual suspects) to deny the Igbos the prestige of having the only university in Nigeria that bears that unique name: 'University of Nigeria'.

To a lesser extent, the name 'University of Lagos' enjoys similar prestige of being the only university that is so uniquely described as the university of Lagos; so apart from it's excellent academic reputation, the university also enjoys being so uniquely associated with the most important, most popular, most vibrant city in our country - Lagos.!

So the questions that may come to mind are:

1. If the GEJ govt could not dare rename the UNN after even the GREATEST IGBO personality (Ujukwu) AT HIS DEATH RECENTLY; with all the apparently genuine respect and sympathy president GEJ personally has for the late Ikemba as witnessed at the latter's funeral; and with all the brotherly and neighbourly goodwill that apparently exist between GEJ and the Igbos, then how come GEJ found it so imperative at this time to rename UNILAG after MKO Abiola?

2. Why would GEJ want to immortalize the name of the late MKO Abiola with the re-naming of one of the 5 first generation universities in Nigeria, yet he could not think of according the same prestige to the late Ikemba, for whom he apparently has even much more respect?

3. Did the FG make proper consultations, with all the relevant stake-holders, before taking this step? How widely were such consultations, if any?

4. Could there be some people somewhere, not necessarily GEJ himself, who are not comfortable that UNILAG was the only university that is described as 'University of Lagos', therefore they want to see it so re-named. may just after anybody, or anything as long as their ill-motivated goal is achieved?

I have immense respect for the late MKO Abiola, mainly for his philanthropic works and for the prominent role he played, and the ultimate sacrifice he made, in ending military dictatorship in the country; yet as an alumnus of UNILAG, I do not support renaming it after him, for the same reason that the Igbos would resist any idea of renaming the UNN after anybody, no matter how much they respect that person!

Bandit C.:
All these noise for some glorified secondary school and make-shift brothel called university?

Anyway, the school belongs to the federal government and they can rename it as much as they want. There is nothing anybody can do about it.

~Bluetooth:


Why do you guy s like tribalizing every issue for fu-ck sake ? If you feel oju-iku deserves a school named after him,why not beg jonathan to do that !

Bandit C.:
All these noise for some glorified secondary school and make-shift brothel called university?

Anyway, the school belongs to the federal government and they can rename it as much as they want. There is nothing anybody can do about it.

see*noevil:
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Am sure fashola sponsoring this

~Bluetooth:


So OAU is a not a pride of Nigeria ? Are you this dumb ?

ceedenis: sometimes i wonder how we think guess if it wher fasola dat renamed dis mau or wateva no noise wuld ve come out. Dont nigerians go nd gv dollars at ghana to attend kwame university so wats wrng wit d rename in america u see lincoln uni etc wat has education got to do wit posh names etc

NorthSharp:

You just responded to my post obviously without reading it; if you felt you needed to respond to it, you ought to have read and UNDERSTOOD it before replying to it apparently impulsively.

Jasiel:
My head is banging... Students are protesting seriously here on campus...this kind of situation is potentially dangerous…there's noise and screaming everywhere and these soldier men with their guns look trigger happy, like its the first time they might actually get to fire shots at real people...SMH

Orikinla:

Please, all aggrieved students of UNILAG who don't want to be stampeded by GEJ like zombies, come over to the UNIVERSITY OF ORIKINLA (UNIORI).

omenziate: Them go reject ma guys tire for embassy. Hope dem don regonize d skul for Canada, UK and US. Thank God for ma Granny dat saw dis vision 8yrs ago, na she tell me to go OAU. All moshiidites should take heart. God go catch UI and Uniben next year, alao akala university and patrick obahiagbon uni. Insha allah