– 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, 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 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.