Maulag: Jonathan Sends Change of Name Bill to Assembly
Maulag: Jonathan Sends Change of Name Bill to Assembly
Maulag – President Jonathan Wednesday sent a bill to the N/Assembly to change UNILAg to MAULAG.
This move was to formalise the renaming of University of Lagos (Unilag) to Maugag after the winner of the June 12, 1993 Election, Moshood Abiola.
Two different bills were conjointly presented to the Senate at plenary on identical subject except for totally different establishments.
The different bills were requests to rename 2 other universities specifically Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike and Federal University of Technology, Yola.
They are currently to be called Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, and Modibo Adama University of Technology, Yola, respectively.
This move has caused lots of commotion and counter attacks on the Federal Government.
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With all due respect , just like the fuel subsidy decision that the presidency implemented , this is an ill advised move, (no disrespect to the abiola family)
Federal universities carter for all nigerians and therefore their names should remain neutral , just like the founding fathers intended.
Any other university after that (state or otherwise) , is free to be named after any renowned dignitary, living or post humous.
You know , names determine the fate of an enterprise . Calling a school the name of a yoruba dignitary ensures that most yorubas would want to go that school . Likewise the igbos , and all other ethnicities.
I am imploring the national assembly to consider this huge disadvantage before passing such a bill , as it will have disastrous conscequences in the future.
Look at university of ife [(sorry , obafemi awolowo university) – Up till today , after that name change , people no longer consider that university as a federal university . Somehow , it stopped competing with its equals.
I rest my case .
Regards ,
Ms Chima Obioma Maduako.
N/B – it will also reduce the revisiting of this same issue when another presidency is in place . University of ife (obafemi awolowo university) is still an issue to be revisited . Please don’t make it number two.thanks.
I really support that, because if the name be deprivatized, it will be difficult to recoverable by people.