UNIOSUN renamed to Bola Ige University

Gov. Aregbesola shaking hands with new chancellor, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija

Osun State has been renamed after former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Late Chief Bola Ige.

The governor of Osun state Rauf Aregbesola honored the late politician by re-naming UNIOSUN Bola Ige University.

This was part of the operation ‘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, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, was unveiled as the new Chancellor of the institution. Colleges renamed within the institution include UNIOSUN College of Law, Ifetedo now Kayode Esho College of Law; College of Social Sciences and Management, Okuku, now Olagunsoye College of Social Sciences, Okuku; College of Agriculture, Ejigbo, now Isiaka Adeleke College of Agriculture, Ejigbo; College of Education, Ipetu Ijesa, now Ezekiah Oluwasanmi College of Education and College of Humanities and Culture, Ikire, now Eniola Atanda College of Humanities and Culture.

Other institutions renamed were Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke now 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.

The development came as the new Chancellor, Alakija, described her conferment as the chancellor of Bola Ige University and the award of honorary doctorate degree in business administration as another glass ceiling broken by womanhood.