Thursday 30 April 2015

Jonathan Shun UNILAG Convocation

President Goodluck Jonathan and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, education minister, shunned recently concluded convocation @UNILAG, also refused to send representatives to the occasion.
May as a result of Mr. president last visit during Democracy Day broadcast on May 29, 2013, had changed the name of the university to the Moshood Abiola University, an action that attracted a barrage of criticisms.
The public outrage forced the Jonathan-led administration to reverse the name change some months later.
However, the university’s 2013/2014 convocation, which began on Tuesday with award of degrees on 3,104 students, came to a climax on Thursday with the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees on three eminent Nigerians.
Jonathan, the VC added, supported manpower development as well as university education, especially with the Needs Assessment Funding Agreement targeted at upgrading the infrastructural decay in the nation’s ivory towers.
Bello, therefore, urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to consolidate on the gains of higher education from the outgoing administration and entrench the implementation of the Needs Assessment Funding programme.

Hmmm....Changing Name like UNILAG wont be easy so Mr. President take Heart and forgive your Children...

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