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Commuters, Staff Stranded as Students Protest Renaming of Polytechnic Ibadan
- Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan protested on Tuesday by blocking the school's entrance and the busy Sango-Eleyele Road over the institution's renaming.
- Governor Seyi Makinde announced plans days earlier to rename the polytechnic after the late former governor Omololu Olunloyo, who served briefly in 1983.
- The students and alumni opposed the renaming, citing the school's over 50-year legacy of academic excellence and warning of damage to its identity and reputation.
- The Students’ Union Government urged the House of Assembly to reject the renaming, stating it would erase the school’s identity and affect current students, staff, and alumni.
- The protest stranded hundreds of commuters and staff, prompting public advisories to use alternative routes and signaling ongoing resistance to the renaming decision.
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Students protest renaming of Poly Ibadan after ex-Gov Olunloyo – Daily Trust
Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, are protesting over the renaming of the institution after the late former Governor Victor Omololu Olunloyo. Daily Trust reports Governor Seyi Makinde, had renamed the institution to immortalize Olunloyo who died recently at the age of 89. But both the students and alumni bodies rejected Makinde’s decision. A statement released by the President of the Students Union Government, Oladipupo Olamide, in…
Ibadan Poly Students Protest Institution's Name Change - InsideBusiness - Business News in Nigeria
Students of The Polytechnic Ibadan took to the streets on Tuesday, July, to march to the governor’s office to protest the renaming of the institution after the late Omololu Olunloyo, former governor of Oyo state. The protest, which began at 6:00 a.m., saw the closure of the institution’s gates and paralysed academic and other activities. The peaceful protest was in reaction to the announcement of a name change for the school last Thursday by Oyo…
Alumni urge Makinde to make U-turn on renaming Ibadan Poly after Olunloyo
Former students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan (TPI), under the aegis of The Polytechnic Alumni Association, wrote to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday, urging him to rescind his decision to rename their institution as Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic, Ibadan. It would be recalled that Makinde last week announced the renaming of the polytechnic […]
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