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Dede1: Please disregard the treachery of the lagcity, the moronic thread initiator, who stupidly formulated a thread title opposite the remarks made by Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkarfi about the APGA and ownership. APGA was a national party not sectional or tribal party as rightfully stated by Shinkarfi. The title of the thread runs contrary to the facts stated by the national secretary of APGA. By the way, ACN is not a national party. So it is matter of misguided endeavor to put APGA in the same pedigee with a tribal party such as ACN.

YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN... TALK ABOUT APGA ON THIS TREND AND NOT ACN.... INFERIORITY COMPLEX

[quote author=onye_ngbu*]Arghhhhhh!
That one voice nonsense again! The same one voice that divided Yoruba vote across GEJ, Ribadu and Buari last year when almost all igbos agreed and voted GEJ without any noise. Abi?

One voice that also pitched OBJ against Falae in '99, abi?

Make we hear word jare![/quote][b]
PLEASE LET THE IGBOS FACE THE REASON FOR THE TREND.. AN HAUSA MAN JUST TOLD THEM ALL TO THEIR FACES, THAT ITS THE NORTHERNERS THAT OWNS THE APGA PARTY ( WHICH IGBOS CLAIM IS THEIRS BECAUSE THE WON 2 STATES IN THEIR REGION )... JST 1 HAUSA MAN TOLD IT TO THE FACE OF ALL YOUR LEADERS, Obi,Menakaya AND EVEN THE WIFE OF THE IGBO'S god Mrs. Ojukwu, THAT non of them as the constitutional right to hold a meeting without asking for PERMISSION FROM THE NORTHERN ELITE..... SO WHAT IS YORUBA MAN'S CONCERN... FACE THE HAUSA'S THAT ARE CLAIMING YOUR REGION'S ONLY SURVIVING PARtY IN NIGERIA... IGBO'S ARE SO SCARED, THEY WANT TO CHICKEN OUT AND DIVERT THE TOPIC... NOTHING CONCERN YORUBA MAN HERE. CRAZY LOYAL SLAVES OF THE NORTH... LATER DEM GO DEY TALK SAY YORUBA PEOPLE NO DEY ACT LIKE THEIR BROTHERS... FACE YOUR PROBLEM. IF THIS WAS A YORUBA TREND, YOU WILL SEE ALL THE IGBOS BRINGING OUT TEXT BOOKS AND EXPLAINING HISTORY... 1 SIMPLY HAUSA BABY TOLD YOU ALL TO YOUR FACES THAT THE WIFE OF YOUR LEADER ( MRS BIANCA OJUKWU )MOST TAKE PERMISSION FROM THE BIG BOYS IN THE NORTH BEFORE DOING ANYTHING......... I'M LAUGHING MY BALLS OUT... SEE AS IGBOS DEY FEAR!!!![/b]

[b]PLEASE LET THE IGBOS FACE THE REASON FOR THE TREND.. AN HAUSA MAN JUST TOLD THEM ALL TO THEIR FACES, THAT ITS THE NORTHERNERS THAT OWNS THE APGA PARTY ( WHICH IGBOS CLAIM IS THEIRS BECAUSE THE WON 2 STATES IN THEIR REGION )... JST 1 HAUSA MAN TOLD IT TO THE FACE OF ALL YOUR LEADERS, Obi,Menakaya AND EVEN THE WIFE OF THE IGBO'S god Mrs. Ojukwu, THAT non of them as the constitutional right to hold a meeting without asking for PERMISSION FROM THE NORTHERN ELITE..... SO WHAT IS YORUBA MAN'S CONCERN... FACE THE HAUSA'S THAT ARE CLAIMING YOUR REGION'S ONLY SURVIVING PARtY IN NIGERIA... IGBO'S ARE SO SCARED, THEY WANT TO CHICKEN OUT AND DIVERT THE TOPIC... NOTHING CONCERN YORUBA MAN HERE. CRAZY LOYAL SLAVES OF THE NORTH... LATER DEM GO DEY TALK SAY YORUBA PEOPLE NO DEY ACT LIKE THEIR BROTHERS... FACE YOUR PROBLEM. IF THIS WAS A YORUBA TREND, YOU WILL SEE ALL THE IGBOS BRINGING OUT TEXT BOOKS AND EXPLAINING HISTORY... 1 SIMPLY HAUSA BABY TOLD YOU ALL TO YOUR FACES THAT THE WIFE OF YOUR LEADER ( MRS BIANCA OJUKWU )MOST TAKE PERMISSION FROM THE BIG BOYS IN THE NORTH BEFORE DOING ANYTHING......... I'M LAUGHING MY BALLS OUT... SEE AS IGBOS DEY FEAR!!!![/b]

lagcity: Why do you ppl enjoying lies? I hate to get involved in this nonsense but Igbos are the sencond fiddlers. It is either Yoruba is the boss or in the opposition like we currently are. Igbos are either second fiddlers or totally out of the picture. Ndigbo, stop this nonsense.

Ps: Mr Dede, respect your self and stop saying Igbos defeated Macaulay in Lagos. You are an old man. Knock it off!

[b]PLEASE LET THE IGBOS FACE THE REASON FOR THE TREND.. AN HAUSA MAN JUST TOLD THEM ALL TO THEIR FACES, THAT ITS THE NORTHERNERS THAT OWNS THE APGA PARTY ( WHICH IGBOS CLAIM IS THEIRS BECAUSE THE WON 2 STATES IN THEIR REGION )... JST 1 HAUSA MAN TOLD IT TO THE FACE OF ALL YOUR LEADERS, Obi,Menakaya AND EVEN THE WIFE OF THE IGBO'S god Mrs. Ojukwu, THAT non of them as the constitutional right to hold a meeting without asking for PERMISSION FROM THE NORTHERN ELITE..... SO WHAT IS YORUBA MAN'S CONCERN... FACE THE HAUSA'S THAT ARE CLAIMING YOUR REGION'S ONLY SURVIVING PARtY IN NIGERIA... IGBO'S ARE SO SCARED, THEY WANT TO CHICKEN OUT AND DIVERT THE TOPIC... NOTHING CONCERN YORUBA MAN HERE. CRAZY LOYAL SLAVES OF THE NORTH... LATER DEM GO DEY TALK SAY YORUBA PEOPLE NO DEY ACT LIKE THEIR BROTHERS... FACE YOUR PROBLEM. IF THIS WAS A YORUBA TREND, YOU WILL SEE ALL THE IGBOS BRINGING OUT TEXT BOOKS AND EXPLAINING HISTORY... 1 SIMPLY HAUSA BABY TOLD YOU ALL TO YOUR FACES THAT THE WIFE OF YOUR LEADER ( MRS BIANCA OJUKWU )MOST TAKE PERMISSION FROM THE BIG BOYS IN THE NORTH BEFORE DOING ANYTHING......... I'M LAUGHING MY BALLS OUT... SEE AS IGBOS DEY FEAR!!!![/b]

Dede1: I guess your comprehensible deficiency has also affected your memory. It was not long time ago when one northern school leaver was telling your godfather, Tinubu, that ACN is not Tinubu’s father property.

Who was that and when, provide us with internet links pls and stop giving us words of lies

bittyend: He paid the ultimate price to RIGGING...

Igbos are irrelevant in Nigerian politics.. You guys are divided, and can never speak with one voice, period... GEJ had to court Tinubu.. But didn't even do that much of politiking in the SE.. He just gave you guys his middle name, and rigged the rest smh..

LMAO

thank you my yoruba brothers, we can all see that when the igbo's starts their regional talk, you dont see yorubas criticizing them... So why are this people forcing yoruba into trend. You wont see beaf here talking and pasting propagated lies, but you will see him all over Nigerian sites, looking for any yoruba trend to criticize.

Pls talk about your problems igbos ok and count the yorubas out aba..

Beaf: Dude, that guy, Big-eye, knows exactly what I mean, but of course, you are just pole vaulting into matters you don't understand. Why am I not surprised?

...But bruv, would my being 100 years old give ACN the right to insult the name of Awo and his wife? Would that give ACN the right to spit on Gani and MKO?

BEAF GO AND SLEEP, I JUST WOKE UP AND YOU ARE STILL ALL OVER THE SITES, YOU BE MACHINE, DONT YOU SLEEP ... NA ONLY SOUTH WEST DEY NIGERIA ??

Beaf: Stop licking trebor.

YOU WILL BE SURPRISED THAT BEAF'S AGE IS 65 YEARS OLD

[b] I DONE GO OUT COME BACK, BEAF YOU NO DEY TIRE, YOU TAKE THIS YOUR ACN MATTER LIKE SERIOUS BUSINESS. ARE YOU POSSESSED, WHAT IS YOUR POINT BEAF, ARE YOU SAYING THE PDP GOVERNMENT IS BETTER FOR SOUTH WEST , ACN GOVERNORS THAT JUST STARTING WORKING IN THEIR FIRST TERM OF 4 YEARS, SINCE 1960... CAN'T YOU READ ABOUT ALL THE FORMER PDP GOVERNORS THAT AS BEEN RULLING THE SOUTH WEST SINCE THE 1960'S.. PEOPLE LIKE FAYOSE, ALAO AKALA ETC ... THEY RIPPED THE SOUTH WEST DRY AND LEFT THE REGION IN POVERTY AND DEBT, EVEN MADE IT THE PLACE THE DIRTIEST REGION IN NIGERIA, WITH RIOT GOING ON ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO IS THIS PDP THAT YOU SAY IN BETTER FOR SOUTH WEST, ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU DONT KNOW THE ONLY REASON WHY LAGOS IS SURVIVING , IS SIMPLY BECAUSE ACN WAS IN LAGOS SINCE 1999... WHAT ARE YOU SAYING MEHNNNNN... GO AND SLEEP YOU PDP LOYAL SLAVE AND STOP SAYING RUBBISH. ACN MIGHT NOT BE PERFECT, BUT ITS OVER A MILLION MILE BETTER THAN PDP... TALK ABOUT THE PDP ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH SOUTH AND NORTH. NO BE ONLY SOUTH WEST DEY NIGERIA AND YOU AINT EVEN YORUBA SO WHAT THE Bleep... PLS CONSTRUCT YOUR CRITICISM FOR THE BETTERMENT OF NIGERIA AS A WHOLE AND STOP BEEN TRIBAL, IT WONT TAKE YOU ANYWAY.. GOD HELP YOU[/b]

ABA BEAF ALL YOUR LAPTOP DEY WITH ALL THE PROFILE OF ACN AND NON FOR PDP... PLS TALK MORE OF THE PRESIDENCY AND THE CORRUPTION HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, ABI NO ONLY YORUBA LAND YOU NEED DEVELOPEMENT TO HAPPEN, TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN YOUR IGBO REGION OKAY.. ALLOW YORUBAS ON THIS SITE TALK ABOUT THEIR LEADERS

[quote author=edicolove][/quote]Why wont fashola send his father abroad for treatment , no be PDP dey incharge as minister of HEALTH

Beaf: Look at this clown! I'm talking about ACN, but you think you can employ ethnic blackmail. Shame on you and the NURTW tactics of your bigoted Nazi-like party.

tell me , how come you are the one talking for us... leave us to solve our own leaders problem in yoruba land... You can pls enlighten us about your brother IBORI rot-tinging in UK JAIL

Beaf: Lol! ACN pipo don tire, becos di truth is bitter like nivaquine.
No be small tin o!

Today is know Tinubu day!

No man can insult Awo, MKO, Gani etc and get away scott free.

Beleive me, Yorubas are too civilized and educated for all this... We did not ask you to be our mouth peace... If anybody in Nigeria insults any person u listen above, you would have seen everyone on the street.... Oduduwa does not even need to talk, they know yorubas are educated enough to act... exactly what is going on in Unilag...

Beaf: [size=14pt]Tinubu ordered area boys to pelt the advocate of the common man, the late Gani Fawehinmi with sachets of pure water, because he dared to challenge his fraudulent "Toronto" degrees in court.
Area boys attacking Gani on Tinubu's orders? Same area boys ransacking Lagos, "demonstrating" against MKO's legacy.
We have a pack of NURTW RASCALS running loose.[/size]

[size=14pt]Why does ACN always ply the primitive route of denigrating great legacies?[/size]

https://ipinleondo.com/myondostate/newsimages/gani-fawehinmi.jpg

BEAF WHY IS ALL YOUR EFFORT TOWARD DESTABILIZING SOUTH WEST.. WE ARE TOO CIVILIZED TO BE SAVAGED BY LIES...

Demdem:
Egbon Razist, when will the code of conduct bureau re-arraign tinubu over those numerous foreign accounts they claimed he has and operating when he was governor. I honestly need to be entertained again

Pls do your research very well.. he only had 12,000 pounds in all the account put together... his crime with inec was that he forgot to tender his account then. Tinubu thought inec meant only Nigerian account.... What about all the PDP leaders who own account all over the world in Switz bank..

4evergod3: DUDE HE SOLD HIS SOUL NOT JUST TO THE DEVIL BUT ALSO TO WEED. THE GUY IS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF HIGH. HE IS SO HIGH NOW THAT HE IS DELUDED AND RE-TARDED JUST LIKE HIS BOSS.

you are damn right... he seems so blind in his elusive world... were is Eko Ile, I really miss that guy

[b]Re-naming of UNILAG: Pat Utomi, an igbo man speaks out the truths and others condemn FG’s decision


We need to preserve our institution —Gbadamosi

For Sesan Gbadamosi, an alumni of UNILAG and proprietor, Bell Time School, renaming the institution is an improper step taken by the Federal Government. “UNILAG is an old institution of 50 years and it is not proper to put down the reputation of the institution.

“We need to preserve our old institutions that have made names. But all that has changed now that there is a change of name and that will in its own cause confusion.”

He added that if there was going to be any institution to be named after MKO, it should either be University of Abuja or the national stadium.

He further explained that, some institutions that have been renamed including University of Ile-Ife which is now Obafemi Awolowo University was done due to late Obafemi Awolowo’s involvement in the establishment of the institution. “Awolowo started the University in 1962, he was part of the people that laid the foundation for University of Ife and that is the justification for naming the school after him but it was wrong to relate UNILAG to what Abiola did.”

According to him, “Abiola is not only from South West and so it is wrong to politicalise what is expected to be regarded as a national honour. The federal government has only localised the impact of June 12 instead of being a national issue.

“This is not a military regime where someone can make a pronouncement without looking at the act of parliament. The fact that University of Lagos was the first University that was established through the act of parliament in 1962”, he added.

“We have the national stadium in Abuja, it can be renamed after MKO or the Eagle Square, this will show that the federal government recognises the meaning of democracy in Nigeria.”

Asked what remedy he thought is open to the academia in reversing the name, he said, the institution should seek redress by going to court. “Let the academic union take the federal government to court. I am not against it but let it be the role Abiola played. It is the choice of location that is wrong”.

People running the affairs of this country need additional tutorials -Ogunduro

An educationist and alumni of UNILAG, Peter Ogunduro, in his opinion said, the development is an indication that the people running the affairs of the country need to return to the classrooms for tutorials on how to run a country. “We are aware that the academic institutions of today are not well respected and the little positive name they seemed to have gained has been eroded by the kind of president we have.

UNILAG is among the few varsities in Nigeria with reputation in and outside the shores of Nigeria and when the name is taken away and given a new name, the kind that the president has just announced, we are telling the international communities that they should forget Nigeria.

Nobody is contesting the fact that someone has given a supreme sacrifice in the history of democracy in Nigeria but this is certainly not the best way in which we show gratitude to him.

There are better ways of doing that. The university has been robbed of its autonomy. That university has been debased and I think that the price the nation has to pay for such action will be great.”

Asked how he feels MKO should have been immortalised, he said, “We all know that he was a great entrepreneur and the world we live in today has become very obvious and so if we want his legacy to be remembered forever, then it is therefore important to align young people into investing in entrepreneurship.

It will do a lot if we use our resources in the crude oil to build a great institution where we provide opportunities for fresh graduates in the varsity to spend some quality time in the institution to learn entrepreneurship. And by the time we begin to compete globally and advancing in all that we are doing, by that his name will not be forgotten. Abiola was known to be providing inspiration to people of lowly background.

“UNILAG is a place known to have produced a good number of fantastic lawyers and we know that there was an act of parliament that established university of Lagos. I am not sure that the president consulted the people in the academic community before he went along this line, so, the lawyers in UNILAG should be able to go to court and that is the right step to approach this issue and if truly the president knows and abides by the rule of law and the judges are not biased in their ruling, I remember that the decision will not be in favour of changing the name

. Until proper procedure is followed by a way of consultation.

The Chairman of the University Of Lagos, UNILAG branch of ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities), Dr Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, while addressing a gathering of protesting UNILAG students, assured them that the Union will fight against Jonathan’s decision to change the name of the tertiary institution to Moshood Abiola University. “I want to tell you that ASUU is by you, the entire University of Lagos is by you. We woke up peacefully and saw the man announce a silly decision”, he said.

He said, that President Jonathan wanted to score a cheap political point with the decision to change UNILAG’s name, he added.

His intention is wrong —Pat Utomi

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the renaming of the University of Lagos, UNILAG to Moshood Abiola University, MAU, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s democracy speech that the school will no longer be called UNILAG.

Nigerians especially the school authorities, ASUU members, academic and non academic staff, students and alumnus members have condemned the renaming of school saying that it will no longer be business as usual.

Reasons for their condemnation also include that the renaming of the school is capable of reducing the reputation of the institution adding the school which has not only survived by creating a brand name for itself even in the global world but it has been able to compete with other international institutions.

One of the people who have condemned the development is Prof. Pat Utomi. In his reaction, he said, if president Jonathan will truly want to immortalise late chief Moshood Abiola, it should have been tailored towards his outstanding achievement which is more pronounced in politics and business world.

His word: “My reaction is simple. There is no problem in honouring Abiola which many of us have been craving for a longtime. But, I think it should have followed a due process. It is not very wise to rename an institution that has been built for a longtime and sacrifice it at the altar of political exigencies. The cost of reputation that will disappear should be considered.

“If the president wants to name a prestigious university after Abiola, I think, the federal university of agriculture, Abeokuta should be considered. I think it is not a wise decision. The result of his intention has been negative.”

He opined that the development will not only reduce the school’s reputation but is capable of making many people lose connection. The brand image of UNILAG which also is the reputation.

Asked if the renaming of the school is not capable of boosting the reputation of the school, he said, “I don’t think his larger than life image is associated with education. If it is the business department of the institution that he has renamed, that will speak volume, but I expect the president to change his mind and reverse the name which is the wise step to take.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/re-naming-of-unilag-pat-utomi-others-condemn-fgs-decision/[/b]

Beaf: An uncouth bunch of rascals; the deeply insulting article below is from Tinubu's paper.
They not only insulted Awo's wife the matriarch Mrs HID Awolowo, but they also went the evil route of mocking his son who died in an accident. For what?
Today, that senseless hatred has been turned on MKO who was sacrificed for this nations democracy and freedom. Why?!



http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/columnist/monday/sam-omatseye/8489-awo-family-without-an-awo.html

Re-naming of UNILAG: Pat Utomi, an igbo man speaks out the truths and others condemn FG’s decision


We need to preserve our institution —Gbadamosi

For Sesan Gbadamosi, an alumni of UNILAG and proprietor, Bell Time School, renaming the institution is an improper step taken by the Federal Government. “UNILAG is an old institution of 50 years and it is not proper to put down the reputation of the institution.

“We need to preserve our old institutions that have made names. But all that has changed now that there is a change of name and that will in its own cause confusion.”

He added that if there was going to be any institution to be named after MKO, it should either be University of Abuja or the national stadium.

He further explained that, some institutions that have been renamed including University of Ile-Ife which is now Obafemi Awolowo University was done due to late Obafemi Awolowo’s involvement in the establishment of the institution. “Awolowo started the University in 1962, he was part of the people that laid the foundation for University of Ife and that is the justification for naming the school after him but it was wrong to relate UNILAG to what Abiola did.”

According to him, “Abiola is not only from South West and so it is wrong to politicalise what is expected to be regarded as a national honour. The federal government has only localised the impact of June 12 instead of being a national issue.

“This is not a military regime where someone can make a pronouncement without looking at the act of parliament. The fact that University of Lagos was the first University that was established through the act of parliament in 1962”, he added.

“We have the national stadium in Abuja, it can be renamed after MKO or the Eagle Square, this will show that the federal government recognises the meaning of democracy in Nigeria.”

Asked what remedy he thought is open to the academia in reversing the name, he said, the institution should seek redress by going to court. “Let the academic union take the federal government to court. I am not against it but let it be the role Abiola played. It is the choice of location that is wrong”.

People running the affairs of this country need additional tutorials -Ogunduro

An educationist and alumni of UNILAG, Peter Ogunduro, in his opinion said, the development is an indication that the people running the affairs of the country need to return to the classrooms for tutorials on how to run a country. “We are aware that the academic institutions of today are not well respected and the little positive name they seemed to have gained has been eroded by the kind of president we have.

UNILAG is among the few varsities in Nigeria with reputation in and outside the shores of Nigeria and when the name is taken away and given a new name, the kind that the president has just announced, we are telling the international communities that they should forget Nigeria.

Nobody is contesting the fact that someone has given a supreme sacrifice in the history of democracy in Nigeria but this is certainly not the best way in which we show gratitude to him.

There are better ways of doing that. The university has been robbed of its autonomy. That university has been debased and I think that the price the nation has to pay for such action will be great.”

Asked how he feels MKO should have been immortalised, he said, “We all know that he was a great entrepreneur and the world we live in today has become very obvious and so if we want his legacy to be remembered forever, then it is therefore important to align young people into investing in entrepreneurship.

It will do a lot if we use our resources in the crude oil to build a great institution where we provide opportunities for fresh graduates in the varsity to spend some quality time in the institution to learn entrepreneurship. And by the time we begin to compete globally and advancing in all that we are doing, by that his name will not be forgotten. Abiola was known to be providing inspiration to people of lowly background.

“UNILAG is a place known to have produced a good number of fantastic lawyers and we know that there was an act of parliament that established university of Lagos. I am not sure that the president consulted the people in the academic community before he went along this line, so, the lawyers in UNILAG should be able to go to court and that is the right step to approach this issue and if truly the president knows and abides by the rule of law and the judges are not biased in their ruling, I remember that the decision will not be in favour of changing the name

. Until proper procedure is followed by a way of consultation.

The Chairman of the University Of Lagos, UNILAG branch of ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities), Dr Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, while addressing a gathering of protesting UNILAG students, assured them that the Union will fight against Jonathan’s decision to change the name of the tertiary institution to Moshood Abiola University. “I want to tell you that ASUU is by you, the entire University of Lagos is by you. We woke up peacefully and saw the man announce a silly decision”, he said.

He said, that President Jonathan wanted to score a cheap political point with the decision to change UNILAG’s name, he added.

His intention is wrong —Pat Utomi

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the renaming of the University of Lagos, UNILAG to Moshood Abiola University, MAU, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s democracy speech that the school will no longer be called UNILAG.

Nigerians especially the school authorities, ASUU members, academic and non academic staff, students and alumnus members have condemned the renaming of school saying that it will no longer be business as usual.

Reasons for their condemnation also include that the renaming of the school is capable of reducing the reputation of the institution adding the school which has not only survived by creating a brand name for itself even in the global world but it has been able to compete with other international institutions.

One of the people who have condemned the development is Prof. Pat Utomi. In his reaction, he said, if president Jonathan will truly want to immortalise late chief Moshood Abiola, it should have been tailored towards his outstanding achievement which is more pronounced in politics and business world.

His word: “My reaction is simple. There is no problem in honouring Abiola which many of us have been craving for a longtime. But, I think it should have followed a due process. It is not very wise to rename an institution that has been built for a longtime and sacrifice it at the altar of political exigencies. The cost of reputation that will disappear should be considered.

“If the president wants to name a prestigious university after Abiola, I think, the federal university of agriculture, Abeokuta should be considered. I think it is not a wise decision. The result of his intention has been negative.”

He opined that the development will not only reduce the school’s reputation but is capable of making many people lose connection. The brand image of UNILAG which also is the reputation.

Asked if the renaming of the school is not capable of boosting the reputation of the school, he said, “I don’t think his larger than life image is associated with education. If it is the business department of the institution that he has renamed, that will speak volume, but I expect the president to change his mind and reverse the name which is the wise step to take.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/re-naming-of-unilag-pat-utomi-others-condemn-fgs-decision/

Re-naming of UNILAG: Pat Utomi, an igbo man speaks out the truths and others condemn FG’s decision


We need to preserve our institution —Gbadamosi

For Sesan Gbadamosi, an alumni of UNILAG and proprietor, Bell Time School, renaming the institution is an improper step taken by the Federal Government. “UNILAG is an old institution of 50 years and it is not proper to put down the reputation of the institution.

“We need to preserve our old institutions that have made names. But all that has changed now that there is a change of name and that will in its own cause confusion.”

He added that if there was going to be any institution to be named after MKO, it should either be University of Abuja or the national stadium.

He further explained that, some institutions that have been renamed including University of Ile-Ife which is now Obafemi Awolowo University was done due to late Obafemi Awolowo’s involvement in the establishment of the institution. “Awolowo started the University in 1962, he was part of the people that laid the foundation for University of Ife and that is the justification for naming the school after him but it was wrong to relate UNILAG to what Abiola did.”

According to him, “Abiola is not only from South West and so it is wrong to politicalise what is expected to be regarded as a national honour. The federal government has only localised the impact of June 12 instead of being a national issue.

“This is not a military regime where someone can make a pronouncement without looking at the act of parliament. The fact that University of Lagos was the first University that was established through the act of parliament in 1962”, he added.

“We have the national stadium in Abuja, it can be renamed after MKO or the Eagle Square, this will show that the federal government recognises the meaning of democracy in Nigeria.”

Asked what remedy he thought is open to the academia in reversing the name, he said, the institution should seek redress by going to court. “Let the academic union take the federal government to court. I am not against it but let it be the role Abiola played. It is the choice of location that is wrong”.

People running the affairs of this country need additional tutorials -Ogunduro

An educationist and alumni of UNILAG, Peter Ogunduro, in his opinion said, the development is an indication that the people running the affairs of the country need to return to the classrooms for tutorials on how to run a country. “We are aware that the academic institutions of today are not well respected and the little positive name they seemed to have gained has been eroded by the kind of president we have.

UNILAG is among the few varsities in Nigeria with reputation in and outside the shores of Nigeria and when the name is taken away and given a new name, the kind that the president has just announced, we are telling the international communities that they should forget Nigeria.

Nobody is contesting the fact that someone has given a supreme sacrifice in the history of democracy in Nigeria but this is certainly not the best way in which we show gratitude to him.

There are better ways of doing that. The university has been robbed of its autonomy. That university has been debased and I think that the price the nation has to pay for such action will be great.”

Asked how he feels MKO should have been immortalised, he said, “We all know that he was a great entrepreneur and the world we live in today has become very obvious and so if we want his legacy to be remembered forever, then it is therefore important to align young people into investing in entrepreneurship.

It will do a lot if we use our resources in the crude oil to build a great institution where we provide opportunities for fresh graduates in the varsity to spend some quality time in the institution to learn entrepreneurship. And by the time we begin to compete globally and advancing in all that we are doing, by that his name will not be forgotten. Abiola was known to be providing inspiration to people of lowly background.

“UNILAG is a place known to have produced a good number of fantastic lawyers and we know that there was an act of parliament that established university of Lagos. I am not sure that the president consulted the people in the academic community before he went along this line, so, the lawyers in UNILAG should be able to go to court and that is the right step to approach this issue and if truly the president knows and abides by the rule of law and the judges are not biased in their ruling, I remember that the decision will not be in favour of changing the name

. Until proper procedure is followed by a way of consultation.

The Chairman of the University Of Lagos, UNILAG branch of ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities), Dr Oghenekaro Ogbinaka, while addressing a gathering of protesting UNILAG students, assured them that the Union will fight against Jonathan’s decision to change the name of the tertiary institution to Moshood Abiola University. “I want to tell you that ASUU is by you, the entire University of Lagos is by you. We woke up peacefully and saw the man announce a stupid decision”, he said.

He said, that President Jonathan wanted to score a cheap political point with the decision to change UNILAG’s name, he added.

His intention is wrong —Pat Utomi

Mixed reactions have continued to trail the renaming of the University of Lagos, UNILAG to Moshood Abiola University, MAU, following President Goodluck Jonathan’s democracy speech that the school will no longer be called UNILAG.

Nigerians especially the school authorities, ASUU members, academic and non academic staff, students and alumnus members have condemned the renaming of school saying that it will no longer be business as usual.

Reasons for their condemnation also include that the renaming of the school is capable of reducing the reputation of the institution adding the school which has not only survived by creating a brand name for itself even in the global world but it has been able to compete with other international institutions.

One of the people who have condemned the development is Prof. Pat Utomi. In his reaction, he said, if president Jonathan will truly want to immortalise late chief Moshood Abiola, it should have been tailored towards his outstanding achievement which is more pronounced in politics and business world.

His word: “My reaction is simple. There is no problem in honouring Abiola which many of us have been craving for a longtime. But, I think it should have followed a due process. It is not very wise to rename an institution that has been built for a longtime and sacrifice it at the altar of political exigencies. The cost of reputation that will disappear should be considered.

“If the president wants to name a prestigious university after Abiola, I think, the federal university of agriculture, Abeokuta should be considered. I think it is not a wise decision. The result of his intention has been negative.”

He opined that the development will not only reduce the school’s reputation but is capable of making many people lose connection. The brand image of UNILAG which also is the reputation.

Asked if the renaming of the school is not capable of boosting the reputation of the school, he said, “I don’t think his larger than life image is associated with education. If it is the business department of the institution that he has renamed, that will speak volume, but I expect the president to change his mind and reverse the name which is the wise step to take.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/re-naming-of-unilag-pat-utomi-others-condemn-fgs-decision/

fesse: My broda, d thing tire person oooooo. Na so dem dey talk, when they get there, another story altogether. Buhari has lostit long time ago. Don't cry for me oh Bu-ha-riiiii.

the president said boko haram (who are the bombers) has infiltrated his government. The question now is WHO IS THE PRESIDENTS GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYEE ( NO BE PDP, SO WATIN CONCERN BUAHRI ). PDP top members Atiku & Ibb way WARN Jonathan before he became president that since Jonathan DOES NOT WANT PEACE BY Allowing Atiku become president.

Don’t push us to the wall, Violence may be inevitable -Atiku warns

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/zoning-don%E2%80%99t-push-us-to-the-wall-violence-may-be-inevitable-atiku-warns/

SO PLEASE TELL ME WHO BOKO HARAM IS, UNDER WHAT PARTY MEMBERS, AND WHO ARE THE MEMBERS THAT JONATHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAID BOKO HARAM AS INFILTRATED HIS GOVERNMENThuhhuh?? I'M WAITING FOR YOUR ANSWER AND PLS DONT BIT AROUND THE BUSH. ASK BEAF TO EXPLAIN BETTER.

the president said boko haram (who are the bombers) has infiltrated his government. The question now is WHO IS THE PRESIDENTS GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYEE ( NO BE PDP, SO WATIN CONCERN BUAHRI ). PDP top members Atiku & Ibb way WARN Jonathan before he became president that since Jonathan DOES NOT WANT PEACE BY Allowing Atiku become president.

Don’t push us to the wall, Violence may be inevitable -Atiku warns

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/zoning-don%E2%80%99t-push-us-to-the-wall-violence-may-be-inevitable-atiku-warns/

SO PLEASE TELL ME WHO BOKO HARAM IS, UNDER WHAT PARTY MEMBERS, AND WHO ARE THE MEMBERS THAT JONATHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAID BOKO HARAM AS INFILTRATED HIS GOVERNMENThuhhuh?? I'M WAITING FOR YOUR ANSWER AND PLS DONT BIT AROUND THE BUSH. ASK BEAF TO EXPLAIN BETTER.

the president said boko haram (who are the bombers) has infiltrated his government. The question now is WHO IS THE PRESIDENTS GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYEE ( NO BE PDP, SO WATIN CONCERN BUAHRI ). PDP top members Atiku & Ibb way WARN Jonathan before he became president that since Jonathan DOES NOT WANT PEACE BY Allowing Atiku become president.

Don’t push us to the wall, Violence may be inevitable -Atiku warns

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/zoning-don%E2%80%99t-push-us-to-the-wall-violence-may-be-inevitable-atiku-warns/

SO PLEASE TELL ME WHO BOKO HARAM IS, UNDER WHAT PARTY MEMBERS, AND WHO ARE THE MEMBERS THAT JONATHAN WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAID BOKO HARAM AS INFILTRATED HIS GOVERNMENThuhhuh?? I'M WAITING FOR YOUR ANSWER AND PLS DONT BIT AROUND THE BUSH. ASK BEAF TO EXPLAIN BETTER.