Osun State University Renamed After Late Bola Ige

Governor Aregbesola commended Mrs Alakija, who with her investiture became the first female Chancellor in any university in Nigeria, for counting the university worthy and accepting to serve as chancellor of the University of Osun when she could have easily turned down top universities in Europe and America with the same request.

The assassinated Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, late Bola Ige, was on Wednesday honoured as the visitor to the Osun State University and Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola named the state-owned university after him.

This was part of a sweeping renaming of all tertiary institutions in the state, which was announced at the convocation ceremony of the university where oil magnate and founder of the Rose of Sharon Foundation, Folorunsho Alakija was unveiled as the new Chancellor of the institution.

Other institutions renamed are Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke now to be known as Bisi Akande College of Technology; Osun State Polytechnic Iree now Sunday Afolabi Polytechnic; College Of Education, Ila Orangun, now Adeyemi Oyeduntan College of Education and the College of Education, Ilesa, which will now be Lawrence Omole College of Education.