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| This Picture was taken on 3rd Mainland Bridge this morning |
There was traffic congestion on third mainland bridge and some roads in the
Yaba, Oyingbo and Ikorodu Road areas of Lagos State as thousands of
students of the University of Lagos took to the streets to
protest against the renaming of the institution by President Goodluck
Jonathan, to Moshood Abiola University, Lagos (MAULAG)
According to reports, the students, who marched from the school premises in
Akoka to the Fadeyi, Yaba and later to third mainland bridge areas of the state described the change of
the name from University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University of Lagos
by the Federal Government as uncalled for as Abiola was neither a
benefactor nor a patron of the school.
The protesters chanted songs and urged Jonathan to return the school’s former name.
One of the protesters, said although
Abiola was a champion of democracy and worth immortalising, changing the
name of the school was uncalled for as UNILAG was not just a name, but a
social identity.
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