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The Federal Government has announced the renaming of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University in honor of Nigeria's former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, who recently marked his 90th birthday, News360 Nigeria reports.

The decision was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, during a press briefing at the State House on Monday.

The announcement followed a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Idris stated that the proposal to officially change the university's name would be forwarded to the National Assembly for formal approval.

The renaming recognizes General Gowon’s contributions to Nigeria's unity and development, reflecting the government's commitment to honoring national icons.

https://news360ng.news/breaking-tinubu-renames-university-of-abuja-to-yakubu-gowon-university/

Same ppl that rejected university of lagos being renamed MKO Abiola university by GEJ ? I hope the students and the gwari ppl rise up reject that rubbish

Forkthiefnubu:
Same ppl that rejected university of lagos being renamed MKO Abiola university by GEJ ? I hope the students and the gwari ppl rise up reject that rubbish

Do you mean Tinubu reject the renaming of UNILAG?

If we have Chukwuma Odumegwu Ojukwu University, I don't see why Gowon shouldn't have a University named after him.

But Tinubu should have waited until Gowon died.

Paraman:
Do you mean Tinubu reject the renaming of UNILAG?

Find out

When Jonathan renamed Unilag after Abiola this same APC characters sponsored Unilag students to reject it ..I call on Abuja people to reject this , let UNIJOS be named after Gowon

SalamRushdie:
When Jonathan renamed Unilag after Abiola this same APC characters sponsored Unilag students to reject it

Just to humilate him, shouted down a whole president of the Republic and the man just took it , I wud have shoved half of APC into a gulag for ten years

etrouble:


Go and instigate them to protest and see how bullets will fly, you think Tinubu is Goatluck Jonathan abi. Go to the streets and waste your life

He won’t be on that seat for ever , you guys shud have a back up plan, maybe buy houses in Togo for it will serve as a refugee camp for u all , even if it takes a century , you can’t treat other ppl like shit and expect no blow back

nice....

This is a very bad idea. University of Abuja should not be renamed to Yakubu anything for same reason it was a bad idea to rename University of Lagos to MKO Abiola University

Rubbish,
When would they rename University of Lagos

danvon:
If we have Chukwuma Odumegwu Ojukwu University, I don't see why Gowon shouldn't have a University named after him.

But Tinubu should have waited until Gowon died.

hey....!!

why should you be only honoured after you are dead....??

madness....!!

You're destroying the brand behind such an established entity. It's like renaming MIT or Harvard - the names alone are already a multibillion dollar value - so it's a disservice.

Federal university of health sciences, otukpo should be renamed after distinguish senator David Mark.

Very bad for the University of Abuja

Mumu rename

Renaming after gowon is just like destroying the prestigious university

etrouble:


Go and instigate them to protest and see how bullets will fly, you think Tinubu is Goatluck Jonathan abi. Go to the streets and waste your life

"And see how bullets would fly" You mean you would kill people for protesting peacefully?

Is that what youre saying?

P.S,I am not even for or against any name change,thats their own wahala,but you saying you would kill people who protest is what I want you to answer

Do they have to rename every university after somebody?

Tochitee:

I thought you re not a coward and a slave? Why are you scared of bullet??

So in other words,you are going to kill people for protesting?

You no see something do na for dey change name instead of changing food price

Trash

It's a disaster to have low quality leaders

Tinubu will soon rename Lagos and Nigeria.

To me, I feel the name should remain the way it is. Uni-Abuja is symbolic and more appealing to the ears than the proposed name. They can look for another federal university elsewhere and rename it instead of our Uni-Abuja

Fair enough.
What his junior former 2 times former head of state and Presidents couldn't do..
Tinubu is a good man.
Time for some people to wail as usual.

It wouldn't change anything

GREAT

We hope to the fall of the Dollar and the rise of the naira, afterall Bulabula is a master strategist.

Hypocrisy at its worst, same people that fought against the renaming of UNILAG are now renaming another university.

I don't know how someone who got his mandate through democratic process, will be honouring another who got his mandate through the barrel of the gun?

Gowon was a military dictator! You don't honour military dictators who came to power illegally through the gun. To do so is to encourage future military officers to repeat the same, knowing that they too will one day be honoured. Honouring someone who came to power through the treasonable method of military coup? A serious country would not do that

There's nothing honourable about Gowon, he caused a civil war by going back on agreement he signed with Ojukwu, his istration was highly corrupt, and he spent 9 years in power and achieved nothing despite the huge oil boom then. He couldn't even return Nigeria to democracy in 9 years.

UofA students in the Mud

Tinubu don open una chapter today

Deserved.

Only a few gentle men like him have been to, been through and left power easily.

The story of his overthrow and his life afterwards is exemplary.