SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, IN OSUN STATE ON THE 11TH OF DECEMBER, 2021

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I bring you the warm felicitations of President Muhammadu Buhari to the graduands, as well as the university community on your 60th Anniversary. As you know, I am, at his direction, standing in today as a visitor to the University.

I also thank you for the kind invitation as the Special Guest of Honour today.

The calibre of honorary graduands at today’s ceremony speaks to the high standards of Obafemi Awolowo University and may I congratulate Kabiyesi, the Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, a man who has, in a few short years, redefined the exalted throne of the Ooni, by deliberately empowering the next generation, building bridges from the West to the East, the North and the South, and serving our race with passion and zest.

Also to Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, I say congratulations, Sir, for proving time and time again that you can do business honestly and fairly and still be wealthy and successful. By establishing a University and several other altruistic deeds, you have clearly demonstrated that the real value of wealth or status is in the service that is rendered by such means to others.

Hearty congratulations also to those being awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degrees today.

I must also pause to celebrate my colleagues in academia; the great scholars and fine academics who make up the faculties here at the OAU, you are the thought leaders at a historic moment, whose great task is to guide the present and inspire the future.

The Convocation Lecturer, my brother and friend, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, and Supreme Commander of Amotekun, Governor of Ondo State; a wealthy, successful lawyer and alumnus of this university, who has given us much to ponder and reflect upon. I salute him for such a thoughtful and insightful lecture.

And to the real reason why we are here, the graduands; congratulations to you and, of course, all the family members and friends here to witness this great day.

A diamond jubilee is certainly worth celebrating and anyone who owns a diamond would take any opportunity to show off its strength and quality. For this University, OAU (and you will permit me to refer to it as occasionally as Ife), there is much to show and many stories to tell; stories of the institution itself and many of the incredible successes of its alumni; stories of the triumphs of human endeavour, the primacy of ideas, the creative force of the introspective mind, and the power of vision.

For example, that Ife has one of the most beautiful campuses in Africa was the product of vision, and the imagination of the legendary Prof. Hezekiah Adedamola Oluwasanmi, his colleagues and collaborators of that era.

In an autobiography, ‘Audacity on the Bound’, written by Ambassador Olu Sanu, one of Nigeria’s pioneer diplomats who studied at Harvard University around the same time as Prof. Oluwasanmi, and later became a Professorial Fellow at OAU, states that, “the magnificent Obafemi Awolowo University was the toil and sweat of Hezekiah Oluwasanmi.” I think it is very fitting indeed that the University library, the symbol of learning and culture, is named after this great man.

This university, OAU, is and continues to be very much a bastion of progressivism and innovation. And not surprisingly, you will find the phrase “Aluta against all oppression” in the Great Ife anthem.

This progressivism is evident in the outlook of staff and students alike, including alumni who are governors like my learned brother. The great Ife Socialist School of Thought, the Ife Collective, with seminal thinkers like Segun Osoba, Sesan Dipeolu, Toye Olorode, Oladipo Fashina, Segun Adewoye, G.G Darah and others, were here, mutually reinforced by their counterparts at the Ahmadu Bello University.

It was here at Ife, that Awo, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, for many years as Chancellor of this University, gave some of the most memorable and consequential lectures on the political economy of Nigeria, and addressed some of its most crucial problems, including the imperatives of democracy, national economic development, the ideology of governance, and the famous national census figures.

It was while still teaching here also that Prof. Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. But less well known is the fact that he was also a lecturer at the University of Ife, Ibadan Campus, in the early 1960s when he started his earliest skirmishes with State authorities. And it seems that Wole Soyinka attracted a new tribe of literary insurgents into Ife, 'insurgents' because they represented a more aggressive politically and socially conscious literati than their forbears at Ibadan.

I am talking of the likes of Biodun Jeyifo, Kole Omotosho, Yemi Ogunbiyi and G.G Darah. Yemi Ogunbiyi and Biodun Jeyifo and a few more Ife literati joined Alex Ibru, Stanley Macebuh and Lade Bonuola to radically and permanently change the face of print journalism in Nigeria with the establishment of The Guardian newspapers.

But that was a generation of men who are now 70 years old and over. Now, several generations later, sitting in his hostel room here at the OAU, Seun Osewa, then an undergraduate, developed a revolutionary journalism idea, this time technology-based, Nairaland, now possibly Africa’s largest Internet forum. Nairaland has 2.5 million registered users, almost 10 times more readers than all Nigerian print newspapers put together.

Talking about founding businesses in the hostels, I am sure we all know the now multimillion-dollar job website, Jobberman. It was founded here at the OAU in 2009 by Olalekan Elude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi, at the time students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife.

It was here at Ife, in this place of deep culture that the Ori Olokun Acting Company was founded by Prof. Ola Rotimi, from where the award-winning dramatic tragedies - ‘Kurunmi’ and the “Gods Are Not to Blame’ came. And from here also hailed, more recently, the eloquent historical excursions of Prof. Toyin Falola, who is at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

These pioneers and greats inspired a generation of artists that established Nigeria’s primacy in the Creative Arts. Young artistes trained at OAU are continuing in this strong literary tradition. Lagbaja, the iconic masked musician, is an Ife alumnus, whose father was faculty here. Dami Ajayi, who studied medicine here but went on to co-found Saraba Magazine; Emmanuel Faith, an up and coming poet who is helping to promote the reading culture through ‘Bookathon’ where members read at least five books per month.

But the stories of Ife go beyond its history. Ife has also proved to be a place of cutting-edge innovation and even more so, a place for the incubation of tomorrow’s solutions. In 1974 at a convocation ceremony held here at Ife, Chief Awolowo captured the centrality of man in the advancement of our world when he famously said, and I quote: “Man is the sole dynamic in nature and accordingly, every individual in Nigeria constitutes the supreme economic potential which this country possesses.”

So we must be proud of the far-sightedness of the faculties and management of this great citadel of learning. OAU was very much ahead of its time when it named its medical faculty, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and its engineering faculty, the Faculty of Technology.

The Faculty of Health Sciences at Ife was unique from the emphasis that it laid on community medicine and the attainment of a B.Sc Health Sciences degree before proceeding to study for the medical degree of MB.ChB. So, not surprisingly, the University has produced top-notch researchers in several areas of medicine, but in particular, Public Health.
I had the pleasure of meeting with Professors Adesuyi Ajayi and Femi Babalola, both Ife alumni, when they undertook ground-breaking research and clinical trials into the potential use of Ivermectin as a prophylactic and cure for COVID-19.

Prof. Oluyinka Olutoye, another alumnus of the Faculty of Health Sciences attained global recognition when he led a team of surgeons to successfully take a 23-week old baby out of her mother’s womb, removed a tumour from the baby and returned it to the mother’s womb where the injuries from her operation healed and she continued to grow until she was born, the second time at 36 weeks.

The Faculty of Technology was one of the first to include electronics in its electrical engineering programme, and so not surprisingly, the early leaders in technology and tech-enabled businesses, were alumni of OAU’s Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

Segun Ogunsanya, CEO of Airtel Africa, and Karl Toriola, CEO of MTN Nigeria, are alumni of Ife and another great Ife alumnus and product of this same department. Prof, Akintayo Akinwande, who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is one of the world’s most respected professors of electrical engineering and computer science.

Only last week, another alumnus of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Department, Funke Opeke, made global investment news when Equinix, the global conglomerate announced that it was acquiring MainOne, the company she founded, for $320million.

MainOne owns West Africa’s first privately owned, open access undersea high-capacity cable. It’s a 7,000-kilometre cable stretching from Portugal to West Africa, with landings along Accra, Dakar, Abidjan and Lagos.

I am sure that the Department of Agricultural Economics must be wondering how I forgot their two most celebrated alumni; Dr. Akin Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, and winner of the World Food Prize, and Dr. Okey Oramah, President of Afrexim Bank, who obtained both his MSc and PhD here at OAU.

To the graduands today, you have some of the highest and broadest shoulders to stand on, but it is this generation that must deal with the biggest issues that confront the world, and our nation.

It is big and innovative ideas that will solve those problems. You will have to confront the problems of climate change, and a world moving away from fossil fuels, and you will usher in the age of renewable energy and green solutions.

You will deal with the issues of feeding, educating, providing healthcare and jobs for the fourth largest population in the world in a few years to come. We will need smarter agric solutions to feed these huge numbers.

Technology is already helping to crowd-fund agric and develop more prolific seedlings. Education needs hundreds of new solutions, we will not learn and teach in the old ways in another few years, and we have to design ways of teaching millions, even outside of classrooms. There are many young men and women already doing great things using technology to reach children in far-flung areas with education.

You will confront the need to vastly improve our public and clinical healthcare. We must build on the work of the Genomics Centre at Ede, and the local vaccine production efforts going on already and make drugs locally for hundreds of millions of Nigerians.

The insecurity problems we are experiencing, the rise of terrorism in several parts of this large country and access lethal weapons by non-state actors tell us that we must be smarter in policing the country, using smart drones and surveillance equipment.

The politicization of importation of ammunition tells us that we must manufacture our own arms. Already, Proforce, a Nigerian led by Ade Ogundeyin, is manufacturing APCs and MRAPS in their factory in Ode Remo and exporting to several African countries. So are Imperium, and the government-owned DICON is producing different types of munitions.

The future is smart weapons benefiting from A.I and Machine Learning. Yes, the challenges are huge, but you are well equipped to resolve them, and the evidence is here already.

Since 2016, despite two recessions, young Nigerians have built 6 Unicorns. A unicorn is a company that is valued at over a billion dollars.

It was Awo who said right here in Ife, that it is effective economic planning and even more effective implementation that will enable us to avoid the disaster and reap phenomenal progress instead. Our third National Development Plan 2021-2025 is an attempt to chart a path for the future. That future belongs far more to you graduands, so you need to pay attention to it.

One of the crafters of the plan, Ambassador Yemi Dipeolu, is here with me. He is the Special Adviser to the President on the Economy, and also an alumnus of OAU, who lived all his life here on this campus. His father, Mr. Sesan Dipeolu of blessed memory, was Ife’s first African Librarian.

The strategic objectives of the National Development Plan include establishing a strong foundation for a diversified economy, investing in critical infrastructure, in particular, power and broadband, enabling human capital development and improving governance and strengthening security and its implementation; and is expected to be supported by a range of measures of fiscal, monetary and trade measures.

The plan emphasizes the creation of an average of 5 million jobs per annum during the period. In addition to job openings, it is also essential for Nigerian youths to acquire the skills and knowledge of the workplace. This is why we are working with the United Nations Development Programme, the European Union and other partners on the Jubilee Fellows Programme, which is a one-year work placement scheme for 20,000 young Nigerians annually over the next five years, starting in 2022.

The National Development Plan focuses on value addition, across all sectors including agriculture, manufacturing, solid minerals, digital services, tourism, hospitality, sports and entertainment. In agriculture, for example, equal attention is given to primary production as well as other aspects of the value chain such as storage, transportation, processing, marketing and exports.

In a similar context, the Plan places great emphasis on increasing exports of goods and services, especially leveraging on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. There are several different aspects of the Plan and I hope that you’d get an opportunity to read the summary of it.

So let me again congratulate the Honorees and the graduands and I pray for you individually that you will do much better than all your predecessors we have mentioned today. And to the University at 60, I pray that the next 60 years will be more fruitful and more fulfilling and make this an even greater university.

God bless the Obafemi Awolowo University.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria![b][/b]

olaafirst:
I tink we r trying to repair d remaining Nigeria but all dis piple I'm seen for dis list has rull us b4 I don't dey have anytin to ofer Dan to destroyed d remaining Nigeria. Sai baba sai Buhari

na so bro

I posted a release some days ago about non-appointment of ministers(link attached-https://www.nairaland.com/2621059/fresh-no-ministers-yet-buhari) and some viewers asked ♍ε̲̣̣̣̥ τ̅O°˚˚˚ waΐτ̅ τ̅ΐll ending. Hε̲̣̣̣̥rε̲̣̣̣̥ wε̲̣̣̣̥ are.

kingobama2:




http://worldchoice.net/8-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-commenting-online/

I love τ̅hτ̅s piece and ΐτ̅s gug wε̲̣̣̣̥ educate those mugucious dull guys. In fact, I had a girl some months ago who wants τ̅O°˚˚˚ try τ̅hτ̅s but trust ♍ε̲̣̣̣̥ bad sharp guy,I quickly pull Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ trigger like 30times and move.

One of the topmost contenders for the All Progressives Congress governorship race in Bayelsa State, Chief Ndutimi Alaibe, has withdrawn.
Alaibe, a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, said he withdrew from the contest in the interest of the party.
Before his withdrawal, Alaibe was seen as the greatest obstacle to former Governor Timipre Sylva clinching the ticket of the party.
It was learnt that Alaibe withdrew after the leadership of the party prevailed on him to do so.
Alaibe, in a statement on Wednesday morning, entitled, ‘For the sake of our party, I withdraw,’ recalled with nostalgia the zeal, enthusiasm and hope with which thousands of Bayelsans made a statement in the direction of change in August, 2015.
He said that singular event had been phenomenal just as its true meaning and direction had all exuded confidence, unity of purpose, cohesion, collectivism and courage.
Alaibe said, “As one of such leaders who took that historic decision, I thought of giving a further bite to my burning desire to extricate the state from‎ abysmal leadership failure.
“Therefore, my aspiration to be governor after series of consultations was to rekindle our collective hope and lift the state beyond its current state of decay under the PDP.
“Regardless, I am not oblivious of the fundamental fact that we all need a virile, united, cohesive and collaborative APC to bring about our desires to fruition. Not only do we need this, APC deserves every sacrifice, including personal interests, to arrive at the envisaged destination come February, 2016.
“This is more so that both as individual leaders and as a party, the need to avoid a situation of crisis that the PDP might inadvertently reap from cannot be over-emphasised.”
He said having carefully examined the circumstances that had trailed the governorship primary of the APC in Bayelsa, he had come to the conclusion that pushing his ambition beyond that point carried, alongside it, some collateral consequences.
He said though he was confident he had the required support of his admirers and supporters‎ as well as the needed backing of Bayelsans to govern them, the hurdles set on the way of the noble project were capable of overheating the APC in Bayelsa.
He said, “In another vein, the virtuous path to take is that virtuous one in which personal interest are sacrificed for the common good, whether for the APC or the state in general. This is the path I chose in the light of the prevailing circumstances. I therefore withdraw from the governorship primary contest.
“This decision is taken in the interest of our party especially as we face the task of the common challenge‎ of unseating the PDP in the state come December 5.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/alaibe-withdraws-from-bayelsa-apc-gov-primary/

#‎ UnresolvedDeath s‬: Do you remember these cases:
About 100 policemen who were killed in an ambush in ‪#‎ Nasarawa‬State a while ago?
About 100 people who died in the building at the ‪#‎ Synagogue‬Church?
The various plane ‪#‎ crashes‬that were direct consequences of the negligence of some officials?
The ‪#‎ murder‬of Chief Bola Ige, Chief Marshal Harry, Funsho Williams etc.?
Question: What do all these cases and many others have in common?
Answer: These victims were killed/murdered, but till date, no one has been successfully prosecuted for the crimes.
Then sadly, just some days ago, about 57 Nigerian pilgrims died in a stampede during ‪#‎ Hajj‬in ‪#‎ Saudi‬Arabia.
A careless and insensitive Saudi Prince is alleged to have blamed ‪#‎ African‬pilgrims for the stampede. ‪#‎ Iran‬specifically blamed Saudi authorities for negligence.
But more than two days after the event, there was no official comment from the ‪#‎ Nigerian‬government. Meanwhile, the head of the Nigerian delegation to this year's Hajj would not categorically blame the ‪#‎ Saudis‬(or anyone) for the deaths!
Can the government do something about these deaths? Yes.
But will the government do something about it? If we are to go by history, the sad answer would be, no, not likely. Well, except perhaps, the ‪#‎ Buhari‬administration would or can do differently.
Lesson: In Nigeria, don't get killed for nothing. If you die, the government will mostly likely do nothing about it. Acknowledging I.D. Noble

Potential grandfather, ‪#‎SanusiLamidoSanusi‬ (SLS) and his new teenage bride. "What's all the fuss about ‪#‎ SLS‬' 18yr old bride? Compared to some others, the man deserves kudos for waiting until she was 18. If at 18, you can vote, then at 18 you can marry too.
Some of those insulting SLS for marrying an 18yr old have slept with and impregnated many young 18yr olds without marrying them. ‪#‎Hypocrites‬
A 50+ marrying an 18yr old is legal in ‪#‎Nigeria‬, since an 18yr old is legally an adult. However, not everything that is legal is okay.
They say old wine tastes sweeter. But to SLS' mind, new untapped wine neatly packaged in a pretty looking feminine container carries the day, any day, any time. Abi, na who no like well buttered and freshly baked cookies?
The challenge with SLS' marriage to an 18yr old is not a matter of the law but about its morality and appropriateness, and the message it is likely to send to a " development challenged" Northern Nigeria region that is still grappling with peculiar cultural challenges, including the challenges of the child girl.
Considering #SLS status, education and exposure, he should have known and done better, but then life is what it is, a very complicated piece of work.
So, rather than getting encumbered with the unnecessary distraction caused by the secret marriage of SLS to his new young adult wife (who by the way, is young enough to be his grand daughter), let's focus on other pressing national issues like Boko Haram,Leadership issues @ τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥. National Assembly,non-appointment of ministers etc." Acknowledging Kunlere Idowu for τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ piece

Aw watching just as τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ eyes of τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ lord is watching. Let's ‾̴̴͡͡‾̴̴͡͡ whε̲̣̣̣̥rε̲̣̣̣̥ τ̅hτ̅s battle ends.[color=#006600][/color]

afolag:

you could have save this for October 1. He said September so wait. fellow country men .mke we wait Biko!!! 30days is d month of September.

Tank God ita just 7days more,abi

Tallesty1:
First thing first, you write like your keypad has asthma.



Secondly Buhari has no input on the improved power supply so research well before you post.

I have no reason τ̅O°˚˚˚ reply γ̲̣̣̥ou bt if γ̲̣̣̥ou're blind view ppl's comment. Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ rate of γ̲̣̣̥our power supply is same τ̅O°˚˚˚ Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ last 6yrs abi. Fool. Reason well and stop reasoning from γ̲̣̣̥our anus. If γ̲̣̣̥ou're an APC member advise τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥♍ well as far as a♍ concern I have no political afliation. Just a concerned Nigeria. O°˚˚˚kay

ibedun:
I hope you are not asking PMB to send his ministers to the senate which is headed by a criminal?

D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ are all criminals. Rule 1) don'τ̅ get caught in Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ act. Rule 2) do small small. rule 3) bε̲̣̣̣̥ in Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ right caucus. Tinubu was in τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ dock too.

john4reala:
Two heads far better than One..... If buhari thinks he can do without ministers then Our Economy awaits great falling 1$ = #1000

thank γ̲̣̣̥ou ♍y brother,even countries wΐτ̅h bε̲̣̣̣̥τ̅τ̅ε̲̣̣̣̥r economy don'τ̅ joke wΐτ̅h ministry of finance. Latest 7days D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ pronounce one because Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ country revovle round τ̅his ministry.

bettercreature:
You wrote like a cry baby
You guys are waiting to see the list so you can criticize them

if γ̲̣̣̥ou criticise γ̲̣̣̥ou do ΐτ̅ constructively,O°˚˚˚kay. Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥rε̲̣̣̣̥ is no reason an aspirant since 2003 for presidency should act like he's not ready τ̅O°˚˚˚ propel τ̅hτ̅s nation forward. By now he should have men of integrity he had hope τ̅O°˚˚˚ work wΐτ̅h on ground.

Well,no one is an island so if γ̲̣̣̥ou know more than ♍ε̲̣̣̣̥ τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥n γ̲̣̣̥ou can enlighten ♍ε̲̣̣̣̥ 'Mr know-all'.

The president if τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ federal republic of Nigeria has failed to appoint ministers after four months in charge. Choosing 30 good heads from over 170million should not bε̲̣̣̣̥ an headache for a four-time presidential hopeful. The president has stated his intention τ̅O°˚˚˚ oversee τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ ministry of petroleum and natural resources but thus far has in τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ real sense head all parastatals. fΐrsτ̅ on τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ agenda should bε̲̣̣̣̥ τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ appointment of minister of finance who will head τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ economy of τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ country. Kudos however, must bε̲̣̣̣̥ awarded τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ president for an improved power supply,little wonder my friend said,'if appointing a minister of power resources will interrupt τ̅hτ̅s free-flow electricity bε̲̣̣̣̥ε̲̣̣̣̥n enjoyed currently,τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ president had never appoint one'. Attention would again bε̲̣̣̣̥ paid τ̅O°˚˚˚ τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ federal character once τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ president is ready τ̅O°˚˚˚ appoint members of his cabinet makers. I wish τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ president well as we await τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ 'CHANGE' needed τ̅O°˚˚˚ propel Nigeria τ̅O°˚˚˚ greater heights. God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!

11) .

Thanks for τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ thought provoking contributions which is an eye opener τ̅O°˚˚˚ τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ matter bε̲̣̣̣̥ε̲̣̣̣̥n discused but I sτ̅ΐll insist τ̅haτ̅ prior τ̅O°˚˚˚ τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ emergence of Oduduwa Obalufe was τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ only recognised king in ife. Τ̅hτ̅s article was posted after I met wΐτ̅h a core ife indigene who's is a returnee from UK and @ Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ same time a cousin τ̅O°˚˚˚ Omisore. He returned just because of τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ kingship issue. Thanks!!!

Obalufe is the traditional king of ife while Ooni is the social king. That is why he is every where all over the world, ask a core ife indigene he will affirm this. When Oduduwa came to ife he overthrown Obalufe to become the second in command right now in view of the demise of the king he has been recognised once more as the real king pending a successor to the throne of Olubuse II Oba Sijuwade. Right now his palace is recognise and every visitor to ife goes there because the palace of Ooni has been locked up until a successor comes to the throne is decided.

Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ inhabitants of Obafemi Awolowo hall popularly known as Awo hall has often bε̲̣̣̣̥ε̲̣̣̣̥n found very creative,funny and humourous. In τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ir usual manner,D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ laid ooni of ife τ̅O°˚˚˚ rest in a funny way last week when movement wε̲̣̣̣̥rε̲̣̣̣̥ restricted. Hε̲̣̣̣̥rε̲̣̣̣̥ are τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ pictures of Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ event held last week. Always representing. I love γ̲̣̣̥ou guys. Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ hall τ̅haτ̅ was Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ beginning of ♍y rise τ̅O°˚˚˚ stardom. Greatest awoites!!! Great!!!

Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ inhabitants of Obafemi awolowo hall popularly knwon as Awo hall has often bε̲̣̣̣̥ε̲̣̣̣̥n found very creative,funny and humourous. In τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ir usual manner,D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ laid ooni of ife τ̅O°˚˚˚ rest in a funny way last week when movement wε̲̣̣̣̥rε̲̣̣̣̥ restricted. Hε̲̣̣̣̥rε̲̣̣̣̥ are τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ pictures of Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ event held last week. Always representing. I love γ̲̣̣̥ou guys. Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ hall τ̅haτ̅ was Τ̅hε̲̣̣̣̥ beginning of ♍y rise τ̅O°˚˚˚ stardom. Greatest awoites!!! Great!!!

draymond:







Pls how can I check my OAU POST UTME result.being trying that site but dont know where exactly to click. please help its urgent.....

am sure u've checked it now(u can contact me tru my Fbk@adewale orogun walemagic

Evathyst:
Even in real life, I doubt you'll recognise me cos I knew you through a friend. You remember any Babawale Ajibola in botany department who then was your political godson? I knew you through him.


Anyways, will add you up just as you suggested. Keep the good work up Sir!

Oh! Ajy,I know him very well but we've since lost contact. Let's talk on fbk,don't forget to make a reference to nairaland on ur personal msg to me.

SAPEDRO:

You have problem with comprehension, find your mate zikite ,I am actually expecting a coat from someone from Ui or Unilag
Does unizik have different questions for each candidate? whereby if we are both in science my number 1 might be your number 10 and also the name and reg number of a candidate will be on every single sheet of the question papers whereby requiring more time to mark

some things are not clear here to people. 1. The exam is ppt 2. With different paper type 3. According to the university PRO the result was released in less than 3hrs. That's a record for a PPT let's give Kudos to the management of OAU and stop been sentimental. What I posted was d 1st person that contacted me abt his own results. Thanks http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/en/news/item/16710-oau-releases-post-utme-results-44-candidates-scored-300-and-above.html

SAPEDRO:

You have problem with comprehension, find your mate zikite ,I am actually expecting a coat from someone from Ui or Unilag
Does unizik have different questions for each candidate? whereby if we are both in science my number 1 might be your number 10 and also the name and reg number of a candidate will be on every single sheet of the question papers whereby requiring more time to mark

let's be guided here and respect each other's view,no insults pls. Note:Every man has right to his opinion.

Evathyst:
@Walemagic, Boss! I hail your political sagacity o! The moment I saw that name, I didn't even bother to check your profile cos no two birds bear the unique name 'Asa'


I'm not interested in anything OAU, because of the injury my departmental professors gave me in my final year. But some personalities I was fortunate to meet there, I'll forever be glad I did.

thanks so much for that but I cannot recognise u on this profile. U can add me on fbk with Adewale Orogun Walemagic and msg me.

The result of the post UTME written yesterday afternoon for 2015/16 admission was been released by Obafemi Awolowo University at about 11pm. The examination was conducted in a law abiding manner in the university community around 12pm on 8th of August,2015. This is the first time this will be happening by any Nigerian University,yet another record as i stand to be corrected. For those who are expectant you can check your results now at: www.oauife.edu.ng Wish you the best. Great ife!!!

Is it those that are managing lil income from the okada riding that will be able to afford keke? No. Has the govt put any alternative on ground? No. Mind u,there are OND and degree holders among them.I live here and I relate with them. Has the govt done anything to improve unemployment? No. So,what are u talking abt.?

[color=#990000][/color]"The fear & welfare of the masses is a key to any sustainable achievement or growth by any government". -Walemagic. What is believed to be exploitation via the new plate number registration amounting to #10,000 for public okada riders has led over 2,000 riders to take to the street to demonstrate 3days ago,an action that took the effort of force men to discard the militant okada riders. Governor Olusegun Mimiko has subsequently announced the suspension of all okada riders on all major roads in Akure metropoly with effect from 25th of July,2015. It became imperative in lure of what the government termed insecurity viz-a-viz kidnapping,theft,road accident and what have you. This would be a welcomed development if the motive is unbiased and sincere. Cognisance should however be paid to: 1)increase in crime rate as an idle man is the devil's workshop,2)increase unemployment rate as even educated people have taken to okada riding due to lack of gainful employment, 3)transportation challenges as okada provide door-to-door services. Cardinal way forward: 1) A 3-month notification should be given before this action is been effected. 2) job opportunities should be created for unemployed youths within the state. 3)Workers unpaid allowances,arrears and salaries should be paid as this as become a national issue. 4)Students should be paid their bursary and scholarship over 2 sessions.I hereby huge the governor to revert its earlier decision. God bless Akokoland!God bless Ondo state!! God bless Nigeria !!!

Its now offcially declared that OAU shuts down bt what pains me is that it was tagged mid-semester break. When was d last time this happened,it was 2005/06session due to violence of awoites vs muslim. The lenght of the break. Was not known as it remains a tactics to avoid NASU protest. Rather than pay their hazard allowance. The PRO even lied to support the management...he who pays the pipan dictates the tune. http://www.punchng.com/news/oau-shut-over-workers-protest/

"Where violence is the answer to crucial,political and moral questions of our time,there is need for mankind to overcome oppressions and violence without resulting to oppression and violence". - Martin Luther King Jnr. The non-academic staff union(NASU) OAU chapter has paralysed all activities at Obafemi Awolowo University campus due to demonstration over their unpaid allowances. All roads(road1,road7,road 21, and tomkere gate) leading to campus were all shut down from 8am to 4pm. It started on monday and got heightened on tuesday leading to total paralysis of all activities. Power supply,water supply,vehincle movements were restricted as there was no traces of any kind. "Where two elephants fight the grass will suffer". Students residing in hall of residence has been badly hit. I use this medium to appeal to both parties involved to amicably resolve this lingering crises as an impending total shut down looms. La lucha continua! Victoria ascerta!! From the desk of Hon. Walemagic

I know u're a grammarian but this is not an english class.Okay

[color=#006600][/color] Gen Douglas Macarthur's theory states and I quote,'Old soldiers never die but fade away gradually',but U have refuse to fade away. These was the remark of Gen. IBB on Buhari few weeks to the election. Buhari told an audience of Nigerians in SA that, 'I wish I became head of state when I was Gov. but @72,there is a limit to what I can do'. There is a sharp contrast btw what he claimed before election where he claimed to be agile & healthy. I voted & campaign against GEJ because of the security of Nigerians where innocent lifes of the masses were wasted via the Boko Haram attack. As a military man,I believe the security will be addressed soon. lil wonder why in the history of US all their presidents(except Obama) had a military background. 'Change' could be backward but 'Progress' is forward. I pray Nigerians get it right and move forward(Amen) but four years is a short time so work must start now. 'I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody'. Nigerians made 'CHANGE' happen but now they deserve a pay back Mr President. Our security should be top on the agenda closely followed by unemployement. Walemagic.