UNILAG remains MAULAG – Ministry...
The Federal Ministry of Education has
refuted reports that President Goodluck Jonathan had made a U-turn on
the change of name of the University of Lagos.
It said on Friday that it had yet to receive any categorical statement from the Federal Government on such a decision.
Reports had quoted the new Chairman of
the Governing Council, University of Lagos, Prof. Jerry Gana, as saying
President Goodluck Jonathan had changed his mind about renaming the
institution after the late Chief Moshood Abiola.
But the Director of Press, Federal
Ministry of Education, Mr. Olu Lipede, told our correspondent in Abuja
on Friday that the President had yet to issue any statement on the
matter, noting that the position of the government about the name change
remains.
He said, “The reports that the
government has made a U-turn on the renaming of UNILAG are untrue and
misleading; what Prof. Jerry Gana said was that the President was
observing the rule of law by not forcing his decision to change the name
of the university on the people, but followed the due process by
allowing the court to decide the matter.
“The President has not issued any
categorical statement on the matter and the ministry of education has
not received any directive either; so, the directive of the President on
the school remains the same.”
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