WHO SAYS OAU IS NOT THE BEST?
1. OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
STARTED THE FIRST FACULTY OF
PHARMACY IN WEST AFRICA
2.NIGERIA'S ONLY NOBEL PRIZE
WINNER IN LITERATURE, WOLE
SOYINKA, SERVED AS PROFESSOR OF
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF IFE AND WAS ALSO
APPOINTED AN EMERITUS PROFESSOR
OF DRAMATIC ARTS AT OAU IFE.
3. OAU IFE STARTED THE FIRST
ELECTRONICS COMPONENT IN
ADDITION TO ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
4. OAU IFE STARTED THE FIRST
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSE IN
AFRICA
5. DO YOU KNOW THAT THE MOST
PERFORMING HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER, ABIKE
DABIRI-EREWA, GRADUATED FROM
OAU IFE
6. DO YOU KNOW THAT LAGBAJA
GRADUATED FROM ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO
UNIVERSITY WITH A THRID CLASS
7. IN THE REALM OF PRRINTING AND
JOURNALISM, OAU IFE HAS PRODUCED
PEOPLE LIKE THE FAMOUS OVATION
PUBLISHER, DELE MOMODU, SHEYE
KEHINDE OF CITY PEOPLE MAGIZINE,
AND OLUSEGUN ADENIYI, CHAIRMAN
EDITORIAL BOARD OF THIS DAY
NEWSPAPER
8. IN THE REALM OF BUSINESS, JIMOH
IBRAHIM, GRADUATED FROM LAW
FACULTY OF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO
UNIVERSITY
9. THE FIRST SIAMESE TWINS TO BE
SEPERATED IN NIGERIA WAS CARRIED
OUT IN OAU IFE
10. THE POUNDING MACHINE WAS
DESIGNED, INVENTED AND PRODUCED
IN OAU IFE
11. The first iLab in Africa, south of
Sahara was developed and established
in OAU.
12. THE BEST LIVING LAWYER IN THE
WHOLE OF AFRICA, FEMI FALANA IS A
PRODUCT OF OAU. LIKEWISE, ROTIMI
AKEREDOLU, THE MAN WHO
REVOLUTIONALISE THE NIGERIAN BAR
ASSOCIATION.
13. ERNEST NDUKWE, THE MAN THAT
BROUGHT THE MUCH NEEDED
REVOLUTION TO
TELECOMMUNICATION IN NIGERIA,
WHO IS ALSO THE PIONEERING DEPUTY
CHAIRMAN OF NCC ALSO GRADUATED
FROM OAU IFE
14. IN POLITICS, PEOPLE LIKE
OLUSEGUN MIMIKO AND WIFE,
OLUREMI TINUBU,DOMINIC ONEYA
(FORMER KANO STATE GORVERNOR),
FIDELIS OYHAKILOME(FORMER RIVERS
STATE GOVERNOR), JIMI AGBAJE OF
LAGOS,
15. PASTOR ENOCH ADEJARE ADEBOYE,
ALSO GRADUATED FROM OBAFEMI
AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY WITH
DISTINCTION
16. THE MOST RELIGIOUS UNIVERSITY
IN NIGERIA IS NO DOUBT OBAFEMI
AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY WITH OVER
150 FELLOWSHIPS.
17. THE UNIVERSITY WITH THE
CHEAPEST SCHOOL FEES IS
UNDOUBTEDLY OBAFEMI AWOLOWO
UNIVERSITY WITH A MEAGRE 5,300 PER
SESSION
18. THE UNIVERSITY WITH THE MOST
VIBRANT STUDENT UNIONISM WHICH
IS UNRIVALLED IN THE HISTORY OF
NIGERIA IS OAU IFE
19. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS IN
NIGERIA, WHICH NO OTHER
UNIVERSITY CAN BEAT IN TERMS OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL
PLANNING IS OAU IFE
20 OAU IFE HAS THE THIRD LARGEST
CONCENTRATION OF PROFESSORS IN
NIGERIA BEHIND UNIVERSITY OF
IBADAN AND AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY
21. OAU IFE HAS THE LARGEST
LANDMASS IN NIGERIA ONLY BEHIND
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
22. OAU IFE IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF
KEGITES WORLDWIDE
23. LIKEWISE, HAFEEZ OYETORO A.K.A
SAKA, ALSO GRADUATE FRM OAU IFE