Aregbesola gives Uniosun, other institutions new names
– Governor Aregbesola announced the new names of higher institutions in the state
– He urged the institutions to prepare the students for post=graduate life
– Mrs Alakija was made chancellor of the new renamed Bola Ige University
Governor Rauf Aregbesola has announced that the Osun state university has been renamed Bola Ige University in honour of the late former minister of justice and attorney general of the federation.
Vanguard reports that the governor made the declaration at the convocation of the university.
Apart from the state university other institutions in the states were also renamed.
Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke was changed to Bisi Akande College of Technology while Osun State Polytechnic Iree was renamed Sunday Afolabi Polytechnic.
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The College Of Education, Ila Orangun, will now be referred to as Adeyemi Oyeduntan College of Education and the College of Education Ilesa was changed to as Lawrence Omole College of Education.
UNIOSUN college of law, Ifetedo becomes Kayode Esho college of law; college of social sciences and management Okuku, was renamed Olagunsoye college of social sciences while college of Agriculture Ejigbo is now Isiaka Adeleke college of agriculture.
The College of Education, Ipetu Ijesa, was renamed Hezekiah Oluwasanmi College of Education while the College of Humanities and Culture, Ikire, was changed to Eniola Atanda College of Humanities and Culture.
Aregbesola said: “I, therefore, want this university to affect our society at three levels.
“The first is at the level of teaching which should prepare the students for post graduate life by equipping them with life sustenance skills, especially technical and entrepreneurial education.
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“Secondly, the university should tailor its researches into immediate and prospective challenges of mankind in health, food, housing, infrastructure, societal organisation and the seemingly unknown aspects on nature”
“The essence of the education enterprise is for man to be able to conquer nature and dominate the environment.
“Thirdly, the universities should also be engaged in society through public service, by bringing their knowledge and research findings to bear directly in needed areas.
Mrs Folorunsho Alakija who is one of the richest women in the world and the founder of Rose of Sharon Foundation was named the chancellor of the newly renamed Bola Ige University.
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