ekt_bear:

It is only today that you knew this?

You should have realized this months ago.

alj harem: I am really waiting for Papabrown[b]E[/b] to give his excuse this time around.

Again being a federal institute, does the Executive have the right to spontanouly make a change in the institute without the parliamentary support or the institutional authority support.

PapaBrowne: Most South Westerners, young and old likewise are criticizing the renaming of UNILAG. I personally don't like the change in name. First because MAU just doesn't sound right. Secondly, I really don't know why but it just isn't cool.
However, I'm surprised at the reaction of South Westerners especially because they made everyone believe MKO was their hero.

Imagine if University of Nigeria Nnsukka were renamed after OJUKWU, I don't think it would generate all the negativity.

wesley80: ^^ abeg think am. There's no way people would be falling over themselves just to criticize an Ojukwu university.

jason123: Ndigbo, I apologise for using you as an example.

Papabrowne, rather I think you exposed your hypocrisy.

A few months ago, the University of Nigeria, Nnsuka was about to be renamed after Ojukwu or Nnamdi (not sure which it was). The Igbo kicked against it, no one said the Igbo hates them. Now the Yorubas are doing the same and you brand them hypocrites??

Mister, search your heart well and find out what is biting you.

I don't know where you got that idea. Without question, Ibos and Bendelites have always been known to be the smartest Nigerians in the country!!
They are by far the most successful. They control the Nigerian economy. They produce the best technocrats.
The Lagos economy is run by the Igbos. Pull them out and Lagos would look like Cotonou.

dayokanu:

University of Nigeria Alumni Association (UNAA) has warned the Federal Government over its plan to rename their Alma mater after the late Biafra warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegu Ojukwu. The association suggested the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) as a more befitting institution to be named after Ojukwu. Ojukwu is a graduate of NDA.

Late Nigerian Nationalist Dr Nnamdi Azikwe rejected calls for UNN to be named after him when he was alive, insisting UNN should retain its name. University of Jos Alumni association Lagos Plateau State branch also called sent an open letter to President Jonathan, stating the association does not approve of proposals in the Presidency to rename UNIJOS after former Nigerian President General Yakubu Gowon.

wesley80:

Renaming UNN would always be a debateable issue in the SE esp when one considers the fact that the great Zik of Africa requested that the institution not be renamed after him in other to retain its uniqueness and foster unity and his appeal was heeded even after death. That said, its difficult to imagine students protesting against renaming UNN after Ojukwu in the scale we've seen in Lagos and the widespread condemnation that has trailed the decision coming from Igbo leaders, this is just embarrassing. All of a sudden it seems all that matters is prestige and nothing else! SMH

kabba7:
The rejection is not of MKO but of the clueless Jonathan whose rating is demises by the hour but want to use MKO to wickedly improve his corrupt regime posture in the eyes of Nigerians , that has fallen flat .
Meanwhile has the national assembly amended the law setting up UNILAG ? He probably want to carry out a coup then go back to the National assembly to legalise hid illegality .
Those with the thinking MKO is not loved should forget that cheap thinking...

[size=14pt]The son of the late politician, Abdul Abiola, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the family sees nothing wrong with the decision of the government in honour of their late father.

"We are shocked by the reactions trailing this development," Mr. Abiola said.

"My late father believed so much in education. He donated money to universities across the nation. Naming a university after him was a well-deserved honour.

"He should still be given more honours. We see nothing political in this. We are happy about it and we are yet to understand the rationale behind people going up in arms over this."

According to Mr. Abiola, the renaming of an institution as big as UNILAG after the late business mogul and philanthropist is just one of many ways to honour and immortalise him for all he did for the country's education sector when he was still alive.[/size]

Beaf:

It sounds like a very solid rejection of MKO from where I stand. I will repeat that I am very proud to have personally taken part in MKO struggle as a mere teenager, indeed I visited his house at Opebi on quite a few occasions.

What is going on is deeply shocking, embarrassing and painful. The arguments for the rejection only sound more foolish with each passing minute.

Beaf:

Thank God!
The family is proud and happy for the name change, while ACN is organising rallies for fools to reject his name.

Pukkah:

Is it not presumptuos to think that ACN is organizing to reject the name change?

Pukkah:

Sincerely, the arguments against the rejection are obtuse and rooted in pure sentiments. It's actually embarassing to listen to many of the arguments from supposed graduates. So Nigeria has sunk this low!

Gbawe:

Indeed. The guy is not only a hypocrite, he is a bigot with a specific hate/inferiority complex issue against Yorubas that always compels him to do things like this. If he is not mischievously trying to derail any positive thread about the SW with negativity, you will find him making senseless statement slyly trying to disenfranchise Yorubas.

The forum should ask him to explain the ridiculously inane lie that could only have been told to disingenously deny the real and undoubted influence and importance of Yorubas in Nigeria.

Many dislike the Yorubas but most are not stupid enough to utter the garbage below. Guys, just look at the repulsive, highly ignorant rant below. Aside the stupidity of arrogating intellect/economic importance horribly wrongly ("Bendelites" ) and obviously deliberately denying it wrongly also (inane and deliberate failure to mention the Yorubas), we are directly confronted with the hypocrisy of this silly bigot.

We have the usual noise that Lagos economy is run by Igbos yet , with this thread, we have the hypocrisy seeking to insinuate their children don't go to UNILAG. Shameless mischief from this bigot now sees him seeking to propagate this is a "Yoruba" protest and an indicator the Yorubas do not love MKO when commonsense tells us this protest is likely to be comsmopolitian in nature - at least concerning the students themselves and teaching Staff. Anyway, 'goodluck' to those who take Papabrowne and his co-travellers serious on this forum.

P.S. anyone can go to the thread below to see my response the bigot ran away from.


https://www.nairaland.com/849594/why-we-rate-ibo-second

Rhino.5dm:
This renaming would stand in time before retardeen is finally kicked out of office. OBJ did same by remaming the military barracks in abuja. Kini big deal? UNILAG is priceless!!

kingoflag: Just incase you didn't know: Papa Browne is 100% Igbo.

oyb: for years several sw states have honored abiola by declaring june 12 a public holiday

if the aso rock dunce was sincere, that would have been what he should have done - decalre june 12 a national public holiday

some have said the real democracy day should be june 12

there are all sorts of buildings and institutions that the silly man could have chosen to name after abiola - but we know his goal - the great disuniter

of course, he had to go for the one that would cause the most cntroversy

dumb administration dumber president

ekt_bear: That PapaBrowne is a [b]slithering, devilish monster [/b]shouldn't be any news to anyone. This is simply the most recent of many of his antics.

wesley80: If I tell you don't tell anoda person o you hear? Just heard this is all OBJ's handwork, you know he never really liked MKO and has been waiting to prove he's a greater hero than MKO mehnn see opportunity. But come to think of it, could it have been any worse if they'd renamed UNILAG after OBJ? This is just as bad as BAD can get, I mean embarrasingly bad! This is no way to treat a supposed hero I tell u.

jmaine:
I feel the ACN have only been wrong footed in this move . .they can't come out publicly to applaud it or denounce . .whichever . .it's a huge minus to them . . .so like they say . .silence is golden and they have adopted it to play safe on this . . .

werepeLeri: why doesnt it sound right? Please explain.

jmaine:
I feel the ACN have only been wrong footed in this move . .they can't come out publicly to applaud it or denounce . .whichever . .it's a huge minus to them . . .so like they say . .silence is golden and they have adopted it to play safe on this . . .

it took FG/PDP more than a week to respond to the N155 Malabu oil scandal. Patience guy, this issue is still a little more than 24hrs.

ekt_bear:

Lol. So they have said nothing and taken no position on the matter, yet you will still denounce them

You are too biased, jmaine