Between Osun State University And Bola Ige University, UNIOSUN Students" Community In Confusion; Chasing The Frivolity In Place Of Necessity

Indeed, it was a shock to all sundry of entire University community and people present at the UNIOSUN 5th
convocation. It was an unimaginable announcement from the Visitor to the University.



In his convocation and
coronation speech, the governor of State of Osun and the Visitor to the University Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola
declared that Osun State University will be from now on Bola Ige University. A decision that is so unpopular in the university environment especially among the students.




The reactions of students showing they are not on same page with Mr Governor on the issue of name changing.Some students as a matter of alacrity released articles and some went as far as cursing the Visitor, some feel staging a protest will be a way of to stop the Governor
from changing the dearer name of the institution.




I am so much marveled with the comments from the so called elistically oriented students. To everybody's surprise, the National Association of Nigerian Students
(NANS) quickly released an article to condemn the action of the Governor and called for immediate reversal of the decision.




These reactions from students environment leave one with questions like what is actually the effect Of changing a university's name? Is Aregbesola the first
person to do so? Etc.


The name of Osun State University was changed to immortalize a late legal luminary icon, a former Attorney general of Nigeria, a former governor of old Oyo State,and a native of Esa-Oke in Osun State Late Chief Justice Bola Ige. A man that gave free education to the most fathers of the students intending to stag protest to his name. I am not here to dabble into the legacies left Bola Ige.




However, it is worthy to be noted that this is not the first time in history or in recent time that a university name
will be changed to immortalize a deserving hero of ours.




University of Ile-Ife was changed to Obafemi Awolowo University, yet the University remains first to reckon with in Nigeria. In fact most students complaining now must have tried OAU times before making UNIOSUN a resting abode. Ogun State University was changed to Olabisi
Onabanjo University, heaven did not fall. Ondo State University was changed to Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba, nothing happened to the school reputation and standard.




Recently, University of Ado-Ekiti was changed to Ekiti State University, there was no pandemonium,
changing Osun State University to Bola Ige University is now becoming an issue despite the fact the name Bola Ige itself is popular than Osun State.




I am compelled to write this because, just of recent a lot of students were debar from writing test because of the 'no school fee no exam' policy of university management including final year students, yet no protest was staged.




These same students were delayed for over 45 minutes before writing exam and they were stopped at exact time with those who were in before them, not a single article
was written from the students or the so called NANS.




Now, there are series of articles on an issue that adds nothing to or deducts nothing from the students.
When the college associations were degenerated into faculty associations without even a word on why it was done, nobody talked. We pay 5000 naira per session for ICT, without any access to it, nobody asked questions.




We pay 5000 naira for sport every session with nothing to show for it, we all remain dumb. We pay 1,015 naira every semester before we can do course registration, we all keep mute. The entire school facilities are in shambles, yet we care not. Most departments are understaffed, we feel it is of concern to us.



We have no students' governing body as a university, nobody lend voice.
Now, they changed the school name from Osun State University (UNIOSUN) to Bola Ige University (BIU), we all going agog against it. I laugh, I am laughing and I will
keep on laughing at these jokers thinking They now have a voice to speak with all of a sudden.




May I suggest a mantra # bringbackourschoolname
#bringbackuniosun.
Bunch of comedians chasing Mirage in place of Miracle.By Arisilejoye Abdul-Azeez, Economics and Development Department, Oyilola College of Management and Social
Sciences, Bola Ige University, State of Osun.
#gracia

ARTICLE BY HON. ARISILEJOYE ABDUL-AZEEZ

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