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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by FKO81(m): 11:42am On Aug 19, 2015

NewNigeriaMind:
A lion will always be a lion and a sheep will always be a sheep.

It is a very wrong description of what actually happened. What happened is that before independence, the NPC and the NCNC reached an agreement to run Nigeria together. Nnamdi Azikiwe refused to form a coalition with the AG because the Yoruba were educated and would be competing with the Igbo people for the jobs. Therefore they wanted a coalition.( with the NPC) Because that coalition was a very conservative one, they wanted to go with the Hausa-Fulani, who did not have enough people to take over the jobs that the Europeans were exiting from nor did they have any to deal with the new jobs that would be created by independence. So, the Yoruba leader was jailed and the Yoruba who could have looked for jobs were shunted aside. So, the NCNC, though they have a strong following in the Western Region, arranged for the jobs to be taken over by their primary constitutuencies.

You have not answered my question, the names I listed, those that are first in their professions are they playing to catch up?
Those position were given by merit
*Prof Kenneth Dike Nigeria first professor of history, and the founder of national archive, Professor Kenneth Dike who published the first account of trade in Nigeria in pre-colonial times, First black Vice chancellor of University Ibadan,Kenneth Onwuka Dike was educated in West Africa, England and Scotland. He attended Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone and also Durham University, the University of Aberdeen,[3] and King's College London. During the 1960s, as a member of the University of Ibadan's history department, he played a pioneering role in promoting African leadership of scholarly works published on Africa. As the head of the organizing committee of the First International Congress of Africanists in Ghana in 1963, he sought for a strengthened meticulous non-colonial focused African research, publication of research in various languages including indigenous and foreign, so as to introduce native speakers to history and for people to view African history through a common eye. In 1965 he was elected chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.[2]
Nwaubani argues that Dike was the first modern scholarly proponent of Africanist history. His publications were a watershed in African historiography. With a PhD from London, Dike became the first African to complete Western historical professional training. At the University College of Ibadan, he became the first African professor of history and head of a history department. He founded the Nigerian National Archives, and helped in the founding of the Historical Society of Nigeria. His book Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta 1830-1885 dealt with 19th-century economics politics in the Niger Delta. He focused on internal African factors, especially defensive measures undertaken by the delta societies against imperialist penetration. Dike helped create the Ibadan School of African history and promoted the use of oral evidence by African historians

*Prof Eni. Njoku first African black VC university of Lagos Eni Njoku studied botany at the University of Manchester in England. He graduated with a first class honours degree in 1947 and obtained his M.A. degree the following year. In 1954, he obtained his doctorate from the University of London.When he returned to Nigeria, Eni Njoku took up teaching appointment at the University of Ibadan as a lecturer. Later he became a senior lecturer and then professor. He was head and dean of the faculty of science. He was chairman of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria in 1956. In 1962, he became the first vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos. Following a major crisis in 1965 over his re-appointment, he resigned and became a visiting professor at the Michigan State University, United States. In 1966, Njoku was made the vice-chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he remained till the outbreak of the civil war in 1967.
Njoku served on the boards of the Commonwealth Scientific Committee, the United Nations Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology as well as the UNESCO Advisory Committee in Natural Sciences. He also served in the councils of the Universities of Zambia and Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). He wrote several books and articles in international journals. He received the honorary D.Sc. degree from the University of Nigeria in 1964, and in 1966 Michigan State University conferred on him an honorary doctor of laws degree and in 1973 Unilag awarded its first vice-chancellor an honorary D.Sc. degree.[/b]

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by adeniyi3971(m): 11:59am On Aug 19, 2015

cocaineaddict:
yorubas have never EVER been ahead of the igbos in education

Were you born last night?

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by adeniyi3971(m): 11:59am On Aug 19, 2015

cocaineaddict:
yorubas have never EVER been ahead of the igbos in education

Were you born last night?

Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by igbobuigbo: 1:09pm On Aug 19, 2015

Even after independence an Igbo man has been the VC of OAU (then UniIfe)

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by basilo101: 1:17pm On Aug 19, 2015

NewNigeriaMind:
Yes they were the first because doing the time, the head of state in person of Azikwe made sure igbos got all federal appointments and headed all federal offices.

Didn't it strike you as odd that even when the Yoruba was ahead of the Igbos in education at the period, the head of state thought it fit that hs tribes men should head all federal institutions.

The same igbos are here accusing Buhari of following a template handed down by Azikwe the grand lord of tribalist in Nigeria history.

i tot Balewa had all d power while Zik was ocupying a cermonial office

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by SonOfEl(m): 8:55pm On Feb 26, 2017

basilo101:

i tot Balewa had all d power while Zik was ocupying a cermonial office

Are you minding the double faced afonjas

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by Adminisher: 9:06pm On Feb 26, 2017

cocaineaddict:
Just For the records, the first vice chancellor of the University of lagos was Prof. Eni Njoku from ebem ohafia in abia state.

Also, kenneth Onwuka Dike from Awka, Anambra state also in IGBOLAND was the first VC of the University of ibadan.

Igbos/Biafrans laid the foundation of education for the yor_robbers ,/ yoru_bads.

These guys probably attended UI or Yaba college so it is a chicken and egg thing.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by EngrKem: 9:46pm On Feb 26, 2017

NewNigeriaMind:
Yes they were the first because doing the time, the head of state in person of Azikwe made sure igbos got all federal appointments and headed all federal offices.

Didn't it strike you as odd that even when the Yoruba was ahead of the Igbos in education at the period, the head of state thought it fit that hs tribes men should head all federal institutions.

The same igbos are here accusing Buhari of following a template handed down by Azikwe the grand lord of tribalist in Nigeria history.

Lies! They got it by merit! And during that time, eastern nigeria had more educated people than any region in nigeria!More teachers, plenty even in the north, more doctors, lawyers and engineers. Ojukwu was the 1st graduate in the military. Not just a graduate, OXFORD graduate! How many yoruba leaders were at Oxford? Name one. Awolowo education was what u had after the war

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by EngrKem: 9:58pm On Feb 26, 2017

NewNigeriaMind:
In fact the south east was too broke to even educate its own people, the likes of Eni Njoku had to ran to the SW to attend college

How can you give others what you cant give yourself

Your expression with english language shows you had an awolowo education. Very poor

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by obaloppelujo(m): 8:47am On Feb 27, 2017

lol . unilag is a fed govt property . so why wondering how the fg could just appoint an elite to lead her property ? its like wondering how marwa became a governor in lagos and how philip ayeni became the first governor of bayelsa state .
check the list of the past governors of your state and see funny yoruba and hausa names , courtesy military regime .
This excruciated thread is dead on the incept.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by basilo102: 8:53am On Feb 27, 2017

NewNigeriaMind:
Yes they were the first because doing the time, the head of state in person of Azikwe made sure igbos got all federal appointments and headed all federal offices.

Didn't it strike you as odd that even when the Yoruba was ahead of the Igbos in education at the period, the head of state thought it fit that hs tribes men should head all federal institutions.

The same igbos are here accusing Buhari of following a template handed down by Azikwe the grand lord of tribalist in Nigeria history.

Igbos overtook yorubas in education between 20s and 40s. Secondly, the regions controlled their universites 100% then. FG took over all universities after the war. Federal powers was with Belewa, while zik was just a ceremonial president without executive powers. The universitie were totally owned by regional governments,so zik have no such powers as you insinuate. Igbos got all positions because MERIT was the watchword. If merit is used again today igbos will still repeat the same feat, using the Jamb data as example, it means without qouta system igbos students will overtake all your universities. The only thing that is still done with some Merit now is football, guess who dominate the list of any winning Nigerian team, guess which side represents of the country in continental competitions.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by basilo102: 8:56am On Feb 27, 2017

obaloppelujo:
lol . unilag is a fed govt property . so why wondering how the fg could just appoint an elite to lead her property ? its like wondering how marwa became a governor in lagos and how philip ayeni became the first governor of bayelsa state .
check the list of the past governors of your state and see funny yoruba and hausa names , courtesy military regime .
This excruciated thread is dead on the incept.

Wrong. Unilag was property of western region then. It was the military that took over all universities for the Feds. Marwa, and Ayeni were all military.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by seanet01: 2:49am On Jun 27, 2017

cocaineaddict:
Just For the records, the first vice chancellor of the University of lagos was Prof. Eni Njoku from ebem ohafia in abia state.

Also, kenneth Onwuka Dike from Awka, Anambra state also in IGBOLAND was the first VC of the University of ibadan.

Igbos/Biafrans laid the foundation of education for the yor_robbers ,/ yoru_bads.

This is why Awolowo moved against this people.
Yoruba will never forget how clannish they are

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by ForumNL(m): 12:24am On Sep 06, 2022

I'm no longer OBIdient

Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by femijay8271(m): 6:29am On Sep 28, 2022

NewNigeriaMind:

I will give you the history of your tribe and its clannishness and you will cry for yourself

Could you believe that all what you said is 100% truth? I was just watching a video analysis talking about how Zik thought he was wise to align with the northerners then. What brought this up was how he chose the first VC post of Ibadan for his own tribe

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by SonOfEl(m): 12:00pm On Oct 09, 2022

ForumNL:
I'm no longer OBIdient

You never were.

Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by Tonim(f): 12:29pm On Oct 09, 2022

NewNigeriaMind:
Yes they were the first because doing the time, the head of state in person of Azikwe made sure igbos got all federal appointments and headed all federal offices.

.

Very true

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by ForumNL(m): 2:55pm On Oct 09, 2022

SonOfEl:

You never were.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by T8ksy(m): 5:58pm On May 10, 2023

EngrKem:

Lies! They got it by merit! And during that time, eastern nigeria had more educated people than any region in nigeria!More teachers, plenty even in the north, more doctors, lawyers and engineers. Ojukwu was the 1st graduate in the military. Not just a graduate, OXFORD graduate! How many yoruba leaders were at Oxford? Name one. Awolowo education was what u had after the war

Olodo ni e ! So awo's free education was in 1970s? Clap for your self. You deserve a gold award for your public show of abject ignorance.

Of course, they got their posts through "merit". I wonder how many such posts did you igbos get from your northern political partners. Afterall, these guys are not as educationally gifted as you guys.

Despite this, the North still managed to get a Northerner to head their Uni.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by Volksfuhrer(m): 7:20pm On May 10, 2023

NewNigeriaMind:
Yes they were the first because doing the time, the head of state in person of Azikwe made sure igbos got all federal appointments and headed all federal offices.

Didn't it strike you as odd that even when the Yoruba was ahead of the Igbos in education at the period, the head of state thought it fit that hs tribes men should head all federal institutions.

The same igbos are here accusing Buhari of following a template handed down by Azikwe the grand lord of tribalist in Nigeria history.

Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by Volksfuhrer(m): 3:12am On May 11, 2023

T8ksy:

Olodo ni e ! So awo's free education was in 1970s? Clap for your self. You deserve a gold award for your public show of abject ignorance.

Of course, they got their posts through "merit". I wonder how many such posts did you igbos get from your northern political partners. Afterall, these guys are not as educationally gifted as you guys.

Despite this, the North still managed to get a Northerner to head their Uni.

The NPC didn't care whom Zik appointed as Vice Chancellors "in the South" as long as it wasn't ABU. So Zik helped himself and appointed his tribesmen. grin

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by OAFMods: 4:36am On May 11, 2023

Seun n his band of unwise ipob mod do not see this as eyjnic slur but involve Igbo n see the clowns hyperventilating with ban like idiots.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by ORIAYO70(m): 6:22am On May 11, 2023

cocaineaddict:
Just For the records, the first vice chancellor of the University of lagos was Prof. Eni Njoku from ebem ohafia in abia state.

Also, kenneth Onwuka Dike from Awka, Anambra state also in IGBOLAND was the first VC of the University of ibadan.

Igbos/Biafrans laid the foundation of education for the yor_robbers ,/ yoru_bads.

Charger selling region

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by MissLeslie(m): 6:44am On May 11, 2023

[quote author=FKO81 post=37114256][/quote]
Is this all u can mention, during the period they were made VC, there is no single higher institution in the East. No University at that time.

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Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by NigerianAngelo(m): 6:58am On May 11, 2023

victree007:
Y e be say na non indigenes dey always launch VC positions for our institutions? Not being tribalistic here though

The way non-indigenes started the music, bank consolidation and film industries.

Yorbas are pagans. They can't start anything. They can only manage what has already been started.

Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by Nobody: 7:03am On May 11, 2023

They’ve been exposed. Please let’s continue to expose them.

Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by T8ksy(m): 5:04pm On May 11, 2023

Volksfuhrer:

The NPC didn't care whom Zik appointed as Vice Chancellors "in the South" as long as it wasn't ABU. So Zik helped himself and appointed his tribesmen.

The first ( indigenous) Minister of education in Nigeria was an Igbo man- Aja Nwachukwu (1958-1965).

The federal govt scholarship scheme meant for the southern part of the country was dominated by ibos.

Ditto the staffing strategy of these higher institutions VCed by Igbos in Yorubaland I.e UI with 112 staffs, 98 were igbos!

Akintola's decision to parley with Ahmadu bello rulership instead of Zik's organ grinder, led to Richard Akinjide's emergence as the successor to Nwachukwu.
This was when kasala burst and the scam became breaking News! Igbos had 98% of the scholarships
scheme reserved for southern part of the country, whilst the rest of us in the south, have to make do with the remaining 2%!!

Igbos and their "domination" genetic trait is so akin to a scorpion and his propensity to "sting", at will.

Re: The First Vice Chancellors Of UNILAG And Uni Of Ibadan Were Igbos by Volksfuhrer(m): 11:32am On May 13, 2023

T8ksy:

The first ( indigenous) Minister of education in Nigeria was an Igbo man- Aja Nwachukwu (1958-1965).

The federal govt scholarship scheme meant for the southern part of the country was dominated by ibos.

Ditto the staffing strategy of these higher institutions VCed by Igbos in Yorubaland I.e UI with 112 staffs, 98 were igbos!

Akintola's decision to parley with Ahmadu bello rulership instead of Zik's organ grinder, led to Richard Akinjide's emergence as the successor to Nwachukwu.
This was when kasala burst and the scam became breaking News! Igbos had 98% of the scholarships
scheme reserved for southern part of the country, whilst the rest of us in the south, have to make do with the remaining 2%!!

Igbos and their "domination" genetic trait is so akin to a scorpion and his propensity to "sting", at will.

What do we call this? Sordid tribalism? I'm sure many "Igbo intellectuals" at the time (and even now) would call that brazen show of shame "Igbo Amaka!" grin

No wonder they hated Akintota with a passion and quickly dispatched him with prejudice in 1966!

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