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Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Protests as FG renames UNILAG after Abiola



Anger and protest on Tuesday greeted the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to rename the 50-year-old University of Lagos after the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola.

The renaming of UNILAG, now Moshood Abiola University, Lagos, after the late business mogul, came 14 years after the citizens hadAbiola’s clamoured for the recognition of his place in the democratic journey of the country.


(PUNCH)
May 30, 2012 by Segun Olugbile, Temitayo Famutimi and Motunrayo Aboderin

 

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