[yoruba_net] ON IFE CHANCELLORSHIP, AWO AND AKINTOLA [Re: [Naijanet] Who is the , First Chancellor of University of Ife?]
jengbadun...@juno.com
is about the Pro Chancellor not the Vice Chancellor..?
I know Prof. Jide Osuntokun..from Okemesi, where his parents came from
to Ilawe-Ekiti where all the Osuntokun's were raised. When Chief
Osuntokun (the teacher at Christ School) father died, the whole town
contributed money to send Chief Osuntokun to Foray Bay College ,Sierra
Leone.
Chief Osuntokun was a junior of Papa Ajasin at Foray Bay College. Two of
our intellegensia then were Chief Osuntokun and Chief Adeniran (Propietor
Of Bishop Finn Academy, Iwo Road Ibadan) The later went in to NCNC and
was Principal College of Education at Abraka before establishing Bishop
Finn Academy.
Jide took his Phd from University of Western Ontario, Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada. I was his guest for a night in 1972 in Canada. Jide later became
US Rep for National University Commission in Washington DC. From that job
he left for University of Maiduguri where he became friend of Ike
Wachuwku who was posted to that State as Administrator. That friendship
landed him a job as Special Adviser to Ike Wachuwku when the later became
Foreign Minister. Before Babangida dump Ike, Ike negotiated a deal for a
friend, Jide, to become Nigeria Ambassador to Germany.
It was when at Maiduguri during the NPN years that Jide's SLA and others
oligarchy praise singing books came out.
Chief Osuntokun, (Christ School teacher), was never an NCNC member. My
Dad , Oni & Sons (The Contractor at Ibadan..Senator Ayo Oni is his son)
and others literally took Chief Osuntokun from Christ School to Papa Awo
at Ibadan who made him a Minister on the spot..His interview consisted of
the following; is this your son? is he trustworthy? A statement Awo will
later regret. He cross carpet to SLA side to become Minister of
Education under SLA and bored false testimony against Awo.
For that, the whole town rejected him, at least my Dad didn't go there
for his usual palm wine sessions. And their family house burnt. He
branded me as one of the arsonist and I was nothing but a child then,
looking forward to partake in fountain of knowledge at Christ School. My
father had to send me in to exile to my brother in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
His younger brother, Egbon , Prof Kayode Osuntokun..Medical Director U.I
is in different league( another Christ School ). A gentleman in every
sense of the word.
I sympathize with Pro Kale Oyedeji, because his pain about lack of
recognition for SLA is a Yoruba pain. Some how we have to find a way to
heal all wounds..including the wounds of the child that was denied
opportunity to go to Christ School.
Abo mi re o
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 19:47:07 -0400 (EDT) "Mobolaji E. Aluko"
<mal...@scs.howard.edu> writes:
>
>
> / / /
> My dear Kale & Wale:
> ~
>
> I have been following the discussion/argument between the two of you
> - two
> dear and long-time good friends of mine - with a sense of amusement.
>
> Amusement, because I see Kale as a die-hard Akintola-man from
> Ogbomosho
> (like Akintola) man going to bat for his hero (SLA), and Wale as a
> die-hard Awolowo Ijebu man (like Awo) going to bat for his hero
> (Awo.)
> Since I don't want the proverbial blood splashed on our screens, may
> I
> intervene?
>
> But first a word: Prof. Jide Oshuntokun (ex-Christ's School; up
> School!),
> like most people in discussions which surround Awo and Akintola,
> cannot be
> quoted as a thoroughly objective person in this matter. His senior
> brother, Chief Oshuntokun (ex-Christ's School teacher), was a former
> NCNC
> man (from my Ekiti State) who later crossed over and became a
> minister
> under Chief. Akintola NNDP/UPP. He even testified against Chief.
> Awolowo
> during his treason trial of 1962/63. Chief Oshuntokun was not a
> very
> popular man in Ekiti. But his brother and historian/political
> scientist/ambassador Prof. Jide Oshuntokun - jailed by Abacha in
> his
> dying days for ostensibly meeting Wole Soyinka in Canada, a lie by
> the way
> - has been brave enough to write a book to make Akintola look better
> than
> he really is. I would say that it is difficult to put lipstick on a
> frog
> to beautify it. That, is of course, how I feel about SLA. So one
> must be
> careful to put weight on Prof. Oshuntokun's statements.
>
> But that does not mean that facts are not facts, but they must be
> ascertained BEFORE we give credence one way or the other.
>
> So earlier today, I called my father, Prof. Sam Aluko, who was in
> the
> thick of all of these issues during the period in question almost 40
> years
> ago, to ascertain some of the facts. Again, I also hasten to add
> that I
> cannot take my father to be FULLY OBJECTIVE because of his pro-Awo,
> anti-Akintola tendencies. After all, Akintola sacked him in October
> 1963
> or so for debunking some of government's lies against Awo in the
> Coker
> Commission in 1962, and he also testified favorably in Awo's treason
> trial
> in 1962/63. Furthermore, I myself needed to fill him in with some of
> the
> dates from my deep archives, to remind him of some sequences. But by
> and
> by, I was able to get a clearer picture of what happened.
>
> So here goes......
>
> As I said before, Unife was conceived in 1960 by the Awo's Action
> Group
> under Awo's premiership. (Akintola became premier on October 1,
> 1960).
> It is also true that Chief FRA Williams was the first Chairman of
> Council
> of Unife, a council approved in 1961. (I don't know when it was
> actually
> inaugurated, or whether he was called Pro-Chancellor then.) Remember
> that
> Williams used to be Party Legal Secretary of AG before he resigned.
> By
> October 1, when Akintola was premier, Awo was leader of Opposition
> in the
> Federal House in Lagos and the undisputed national leader of the
> Action
> Group, even though rumblings were beginning to occur in Ibadan,
> courtesy
> Akintola.
>
> You will also recall that the University of Ife started in October
> 1962
> (like ABU and Lagos.) BUT THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE OF
> EMERGENCY
> in the Western Region, which lasted from May 1962 to December 1962.
> During
> this period, Dr. M.A. Majekodunmi (a Senator in the Federal Republic
> and
> Tafawa Balewa's private doctor) was appointed Western region
> administrator, and there was no premier. Also, at this time,
> Awolowo was
> in confinement to his home beginning May 1962; the Coker Commission
> of
> Enquiry on him began September 1962; and the treason trial against
> him
> began November 1962. His trial ended June 1963, and he was
> sentenced
> September 11, 1963.
>
> SO IN FACT, AKINTOLA WAS NOT PREMIER WHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF IFE
> STARTED in
> October 1962! He was from the beginning of 1962 to its end was
> fighting
> for his political life! Same as Awolowo. Who governed the University
> of
> Ife was the least of their problems.
>
> It was this FRA Williams Council, in conjunction with the 59-man
> Planning
> Committee, that decided to choose Prof. Oladele Ajose (not
> Babatunde,
> maybe not Ayodele; Ajose who was at that time the Medical Director
> of
> Lagos City Medical Council or Center) as first Vice-Chancellor, and
> Chief
> AY Eke (from the midwestern part; not a region yet) as first
> Registrar.
>
> A side note: my father was on a study leave in the United States
> from
> April 1962 to September 1962, and actually missed some of the "fun"
> of the
> fights in the House in the Western Region, but was back in time for
> the
> opening of the University of Ife in October 1962.
>
> Pressing on.....
>
> When Akintola became re-installed premier in January 1963 by order
> of the
> Balewa government, particularly after the ruling of the Supreme
> Court
> reversing his dismissal by the Governor-General Adesoji Aderemi, he
> devoted his attention to organizing his UPP party and consolidating
> his
> hold on power in the Western Region. Again, Ife was at first not
> his
> priority.
>
> But the "young turks" at the University of Ife - Oyenuga, Odumosu,
> Fayemi,
> Aluko, etc. - who were the intelligentsia of the Action Group,
> though not
> really formally members of AG; Oluwasanmi was then a lecturer at the
> University of Ibadan - were giving Akintola trouble, particularly on
> the
> pages of the Tribune newspaper, debunking all the lies told against
> Awolowo in the Coker commission report. Akintola's Sketch newspaper
> was
> not enough firepower. Thus it was in 1963 that Akintola decided to
> turn
> his attention to the University, dragging some of the lecturers,
> including
> Prof. Aluko, Odumosu, Oyenuga and Fayemi to court for sedition in
> August/October 1963. That led to the conviction of some of then and
> dismissal/resignation of all of them.
>
> But before then, Akintola had installed Dr. Saburi Biobaku -
> erstwhile
> Deputy Registrar at the University of Ibadan, recent past Secretary
> to the
> Premier (Akintola) and Executive Council SPEC - as Director of
> Institute
> of African Studies and Pro-Vice Chancellor to Vice-Chancellor
> Oladele
> Ajose. BIOBAKU BECAME AKINTOLA'S ARROWHEAD at the University,
> attempting
> to whip the lecturers there into conformity, and making a famous
> speech
> that "credo of the University of Ife was to support the government
> of the
> day." Akintola also dismissed FRA WIlliams, and replaced him with
> Justice
> Somade. Both Biobaku and Somade therefore presided over the
> dismissal of
> the "young turks" from the University in late 1963. [SIDE NOTE:
> When
> today you see Biobaku shying away from Afenifere, etc., now you know
> why!
> :-)]
>
> Following those crisis, as well as the 1963 census crisis, the
> following
> 1964 was an election year, and things were pretty rough both in the
> Western Region and in the University of Ife. By this time, after
> about six
> jobless months, my father took up job at the University of Nigeria,
> Nsukka, while the first round of "operation wetie" began in the
> West, as
> Akintola rigged the December 1964 elections like no man's business.
> He
> remained the Premier.
>
> Back to Ife. The first set of University of Ife graduates were
> coming up
> in June 1965, and there was therefore thought to be a need to
> formally
> have a Chancellor, so Akintola got the kangaroo Council to announce
> him
> Chancellor, and attempted to have an installation ceremony. IT
> NEVER
> HAPPENED, because the whole of Ife campus was almost in flames, with
> Ife
> students and thugs from around vowing to disrupt it! Also, the
> whole
> region was in the throes of the second round of "operation weties"
> These
> "troubles" occurred.....until the military coup in January 1966,
> when
> Akintola was assassinated along with the other politicians!
>
> So that is apparently the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
> truth! Akintola was the first ANNOUNCED Vice-Chancellor - announced
> but
> never installed - and Chief Obafemi Awolowo was in 1967 the first
> INSTALLED - and hence substantive - Vice-Chancellor of my proud
> university!
>
> So, Kale, in fact from the above, THERE WAS NO CHANCELLOR OF THE
> UNIVERSITY OF IFE FROM 1962 TO 1967! Period. Except of course you
> say
> that because Akintola was announced but never installed, then he was
> Chancellor. It would be like saying that MKO Abiola was President
> of
> Nigeria from June 12, 1993 to July 7, 1998. That would be absurd,
> would
> it not?
>
> If you doubt this, please find out from Prof. Oshuntokun when Chief
> SL
> Akintola was installed Chancellor of the University of Ife. :-)
>
> Please note this: when the University of Ife was established in
> 1962,
> there could not have been a law requiring the premier of the region
> to be
> its Chancellor, because, knowing Awolowo, the logical person to be
> Chancellor would have been Chief Obafemi Awolowo - and he was not
> premier
> of the Western Region in 1962! After all, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was
> Chancellor of UNN - and he was not premier of the Eastern Region.
> So for
> Prof. Oshuntokun to write on page 143 of his book that SLA was made
> "First
> Chancellor, which was normal, because he was Head of Government,.."
> was
> simply not true. There was no such "normality" written into any of
> the
> first-generation universities, and he imputes later practice unto an
> earlier time, thereby distorting time and history.
>
> Finally, you write that Chief Akintola's "crime was that he exposed
> the
> failure of "democratic-socialism" as a fraud". Absolutely not true.
> His
> crime was that he became a traitor and connived to seize power when
> he
> could not get the majority of his party - AG - to come to agree with
> him:
>
> (i) not to strive to continue to be a national party, contesting
> seats
> outside the Western Region; and
>
> (ii) that it was necessary for the party to collaborate with the
> NPC to
> share power in the Federal government. He did not very much like
> the idea
> of a "permanent opposition", having been in a coalition government
> with
> NPC and NCNC from 1954 to 1959.
>
>
> All his "pooh-poohing" Awo's democratic socialism was playing to the
> gallery.
>
>
> Best wishes.
>
>
> Bolaji Aluko
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Kale Oyedeji wrote:
>
> > Ayo, I had serialised the book on naijanet about three years ago.
> I shall
> > have to look for the copy or scan relevant portions on the net.
> What is
> > meant is that University of Ife started classes in October 1962.
> >
> > The Sir Eric Ashby commission was set up in 1959. "Even though the
> > commission did not recommend another university in western
> Nigeria, Chief
> > Akintola's government, pridded by Chief Awolowo and young turks in
> the
> > Action Group, enacted on the 8th of June, 1961, the law providing
> for the
> > establishment of a Provisional Council for the University of
> Ife......"
> > The council was inaugurated on 26 June 1961 with FRA Williams as
> the
> > Chairman, Pro-Chancellor. My question then is, who was the
> Chancellor of
> > Ife between 1962 and 1967? Is Professor Ayodele Ajose the first VC
> or
> > Professor Hezekiah Oluwasanmi.
> >
> > On page 143 of Jide's book, he stated that SLA was made "First
> > Chancellor, which was normal, because he was Head of
> Government,..". But
> > remember that the idea of Visitor to a university was introduced
> by the
> > military in 1966 or 1967. My point is still that no credit was
> ever given
> > to Chief SLA in all of these. His crime was that hew exposed the
> failure
> > of "democratic-socialism" as a fraud, "It's a meaningless foreign
> jargon
> > not compactible with original Yoruba or African aspirations, and
> not
> > translatable in any meaningful way into Yoruba or any African
> language."
> > Said SLA. That was his greatest crime. See African Concord of 24
> July
> > 1989 for more on this.
> >
> > I shall oblige you your request at the weekend.
> >
> > 'Kale Oyedeji
> >
> >
> >
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:06:46 -0500 "Ayowale B. Ogunye"
> > <aog...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> > > Prof:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I do not have the Osuntokun
>
> > > book.
> > > Therefore, for us to debate this issue with any degree of
> > > quantitative
> > > maturity, we have to have the facts. Since you have the book
> and is
> > > the
> > > main proponent of Chief Akintola been the first Chancellor,
> please
> > > reproduce
> > > the mentioned excerpts or pages.
> > >
> > > Again I have to respectfully bring a contrary and authoritative
>
> > > point of
> > > view to bear. You said Ife was established in 1962. Awo says
> NOT. I
> > > quote
> > > from the earlier reference by Chief Awolowo: "The University of
> Ife
> > > was
> > > founded in 1960; and although it was officially opened in 1961,
> it
> > > actually
> > > began its regular academic session in its Ibadan Campus in the
> year
> > > 1962."
> > > Again, either Papa Awolowo is WRONG or Professor Osuntokun did a
>
> > > shoddy job
> > > in putting together the SLA Akintola book.
> > >
> > > It appears to me the Chief SLA Akintola, former Premier of the
> > > Western
> > > Region, COULD NOT have been a Chancellor at the University of
> Ife.
> > > WHY?
> > > Because as the premier, he would have had to be the University's
>
> > > Visitor as
> > > the Head of Government of the Western Region. Just like the Head
> of
> > > State is
> > > now the Visitor to all Federal Universities and the State
> Governor
> > > is the
> > > visitor to State Universities.
> > >
> > > And to your curiosity about Awo stressing that he was the first
> > > Chancellor,
> > > it has to be because he was been honored with a singular and
> > > profound
> > > distinction--First Chancellor of the University of Ife.
> > >
> > > I look forward to you excerpting the relevant pages from Prof.
> > > Osuntokun's
> > > book to contradict Papa Obafemi Awolowo.
> > >
> > > Wale Ogunye
> > >
> > > PS: The Chairman of the Provisional Council is the
> Pro-Chancellor.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kale Oyedeji <koye...@juno.com>
> > > To: aog...@ix.netcom.com <aog...@ix.netcom.com>
> > > Cc: uche.e...@spdc.shell.com <uche.e...@spdc.shell.com>;
> > > koye...@juno.com <koye...@juno.com>; tch...@yahoo.com
> > > <tch...@yahoo.com>; mal...@scs.howard.edu
> <mal...@scs.howard.edu>;
> > > JOD...@aol.com <JOD...@aol.com>; naij...@egroups.com
> > > <naij...@egroups.com>
> > > Date: Monday, October 09, 2000 10:03 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Naijanet] Who is the First Chancellor of
> University of
> > > Ife?
> > >
> > >
> > > >Ayo, "University of Ife was established in 1962 by an act of
> the
> > > western
> > > >Nigerian Parliament. Professor Ayodele, the first Nigerian
> > > professor of
> > > >medicine was appointed Vice Chancellor without any political
> > > dispute by
> > > >the University of Ife Provisional Council." So, how can the
> chief
> > > be
> > > >installed in 1967? Goes to show you how the Action Group tried
> very
> > > hard
> > > >to obliterate all the good work of Chief SLA. Ask Bolaji, his
> > > father and
> > > >Prof. Oyenuga left Ife because to avoid toeing Akintola
> government
> > > line.
> > > >
> > > >Ayo, don't you wonder why the Chief was emphasizing that he was
> the
> > > >first. Was the University without a chancellor for five years?
> > > Please
> > > >read pages 84, 86-87, and 142-143 of Chief S.L.A. Akintola, his
>
> > > Life and
> > > >Times, by Akinjide Osuntokun. Chief F. R. A. Williams was the
> first
> > > >Chairman of the Provisional Council. Action re-wrote not only
> the
> > > history
> > > >of Western Nigeria, they wrote the history of the Yoruba.
> > > >
> > > >When the real objective historians write the true history of
> that
> > > >University, the truth shall indeed make men free.
> > > >
> > > >'Kale Oyedeji
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:01:39 -0500 "Ayowale B. Ogunye"
> > > ><aog...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> > > >> Prof Oyedeji:
> > > >>
> > > >> You claim in your note that revisionists are distorting facts
> by
> > > >> claiming
> > > >> that Papa Obafemi Awolowo was not the first Chancellor of the
> > > >> University of
> > > >> Ife, based on your reading of a book by Prof. (Amb.) Jide
> > > Osuntokun.
> > > >>
> > > >> I will like to add my one or two cents here.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Begin quote:["My March Through Prison, Adventures in
> Power-book
> > > 1",
> > > >> by
> > > >> Obafemi Awolowo, page 316]:
> > > >> ......
> > > >>
> > > >> "On Monday 15 May, 1967, I was installed as the first
> Chancellor
> > > of
> > > >> the
> > > >> University of Ife, at a very impressive ceremony witnessed by
>
> > > some
> > > >> of the
> > > >> most distinguished personages in Nigeria."
> > > >>
> > > >> .........
> > > >>
> > > >> End quote.
> > > >>
> > > >> Begin quote:[ "It is too much of a risk for the army to
> remain in
> > > >> power",
> > > >> Address delivered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo on the occasion
> of
> > > his
> > > >> installation as the first Chancellor or the University of Ife
> at
> > > >> Ile-Ife on
> > > >> Monday, 15th May, 1967. Voice of Wisdom -Selected speeches of
>
> > > Chief
> > > >> Obafemi
> > > >> Awolowo, Fagbamigbe Publishers]
> > > >>
> > > >> "Your excellencies, your highness, my lords, ladies and
> > > gentlemen,
> > > >> 'When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were
> like
> > > them
> > > >> that
> > > >> dream'.
> > > >> Today, my heart overflows with profound gratitude to God Who
> has
> > > >> made it
> > > >> possible for me to be in this gathering, and to play in it
> the
> > > >> historic role
> > > >> of the first Chancellor of this most promising university.
> > > >>
> > > >> ..........
> > > >>
> > > >> End Quote.
> > > >>
> > > >> Based on the record laid down by Chief Awolowo, one of two
> things
> > > is
> > > >> happening here: Either Papa Awolowo is being economical with
> the
> > > >> facts or
> > > >> the Professor of History/Ambassador if being mischievous with
> > > >> whatever fact
> > > >> Prof. Oyedeji is referring to. This brings to mind a
> situation
> > > >> during the
> > > >> junta of Idiagbon and Buhari. Brig. Idiagbon had come out
> > > charging
> > > >> the
> > > >> Chief Onabanjo had confessed to some details about a corrupt
> > > >> practise that I
> > > >> don't remember now. Papa Awo came out to deny all that
> Idiagbon
> > > >> said, and
> > > >> charged that either HE was lying or Idiagbon was lying. If I
> > > >> remember
> > > >> correctly, Idiagbon never replied the Grand Old Man.
> > > >>
> > > >> Awolowo's speech says it all: he was the first Chancellor of
> the
> > > >> University
> > > >> of Ife. Professor Oyedeji, you would so us so much good, if
> you
> > > can
> > > >> reproduce for our collective benefit, the paragraph where
> Prof.
> > > >> Osuntokun
> > > >> alleged that Chief Akintola was the first Chancellor.
> > > >>
> > > >> This is indeed interesting: Papa Awolowo's integrity is being
> > > >> challenged by
> > > >> Prof.(Amb.) Osuntokun. Before we delve into this nuisance
> issue
> > > any
> > > >> further,
> > > >> probing who Amb. Osuntokun is, what his political antecedents
>
> > > are,
> > > >> whose
> > > >> biographies he has been writing, his political orientation,
> it
> > > would
> > > >> be glad
> > > >> to read succinctly from his book. Prof Oyedeji, over to you.
> > > >>
> > > >> Wale Ogunye
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: Kale Oyedeji <koye...@juno.com>
> > > >> To: uche.e...@spdc.shell.com
> <uche.e...@spdc.shell.com>
> > > >> Cc: tch...@yahoo.com <tch...@yahoo.com>;
> mal...@scs.howard.edu
> > > >> <mal...@scs.howard.edu>; JOD...@aol.com <JOD...@aol.com>;
> > > >> naij...@egroups.com <naij...@egroups.com>
> > > >> Date: Monday, October 09, 2000 12:55 PM
> > > >> Subject: [Naijanet] Who is the First Chancellor of University
> of
> > > >> Ife?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> > "Its first Vice-Chancellor was Prof. Babatunde Ajose,
> followed
> > > by
> > > >> Prof.
> > > >> >Hezekiah Oluwasanmi who oversaw the movement of the
> university
> > > to
> > > >> its
> > > >> >permanent Ile-Ife site
> > > >> > in January 1967 during the military regime of General
> Gowon.
> > > ..."
> > > >> >
> > > >> >The statement above is very intereting because some
> revisionists
> > > >> have
> > > >> >always claimed that Prof. Oluwasanmi was the first VC at
> Ife.
> > > The
> > > >> Premier
> > > >> >of Western region, Chief SLA Akintola, the first Chancellor
> of
> > > Ife,
> > > >> >appointed Prof. Babatunde Ajose as the first VC. But the
> > > >> revisionists
> > > >> >have always claimed it was Chief Awolowo.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Also, not many people knew that the Sketch newspaper was the
> > > >> brain-child
> > > >> >of Chief SLA, yet during the anniversary of the paper, the
> > > >> revisionists
> > > >> >made sure SLA's name was never mentioned.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >To learn from the other side, you must read Jide Osuntokun's
>
> > > book.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >'Kale Oyedeji
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:41:14 +0100
> uche.e...@spdc.shell.com
> > > >> writes:
> > > >> >> Okn,
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> I can't understand your conclusions from the posting
> below,
> > > >> could
> > > >> >> you
> > > >> >> please explain further.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Uche
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> >> From: Ekenlor Idi [mailto:tch...@yahoo.com]
> > > >> >> Sent: 07 October 2000 17:26
> > > >> >> To: Mobolaji E. Aluko; JOD...@aol.com
> > > >> >> Cc: naij...@egroups.com; Nowa Omoigui;
> guka...@netzero.net;
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> > > >> >> Subject: [Naijanet] Re: ON FIRST-GENERATION UNIVERSITIES
> > > CREATION
> > > >> IN
> > > >> >> NIGERIA [Re: [yorubas-community] Re: On State Creation in
> 1967
> > > >> >> (fwd)]
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> -
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > (3) In 1960, the Ashby Commision on Post-School
> Certificate
> > > >> and
> > > >> >> > Higher
> > > >> >> > Education in Nigeria released a report recommending
> the
> > > >> >> > establishment
> > > >> >> > of three additional universities - in Lagos, in
> Zaria
> > > (on
> > > >> the
> > > >> >> > site
> > > >> >> > of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and
> Technology
> > > >> >> > NCAST), and
> > > >> >> > the one (the University of Nigeria) being already
> > > planned
> > > >> in
> > > >> >> > the
> > > >> >> > Eastern Region. They were recommended to be all
> > > >> autonomous.
> > > >> >> > The idea was that each of the existing regions
> (North,
> > > >> East,
> > > >> >> > West)
> > > >> >> > would now have a university, with one in the
> center,
> > > >> Lagos.
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > (5) Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria opened on NCAST,
> Zaria's
> > > >> >> campus
> > > >> >> > in
> > > >> >> > October 1962 as a REGIONAL university with partial
> > > federal
> > > >> >> > support.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> >
> > > >> >> > (6) The University of Ife, though not proposed by the
> > > Ashby
> > > >> >> > commission,
> > > >> >> > ALSO opened in October 1962, at the insistence
> (while
> > > >> >> premier)
> > > >> >> > of
> > > >> >> > Chief Obafemi Awolowo's Action Group government,
> which
> > > had
> > > >> >> > already
> > > >> >> > announced its intentions anyway in 1960. It went
> ahead
> > > in
> > > >> >> > 1960 and
> > > >> >> > established a 59-member, all-Western-Nigeria-origin
> > > >> planning
> > > >> >> > committee, a university parliamentary committee to
> > > advise
> > > >> the
> > > >> >> > Western
> > > >> >> > Nigerian minister of education. The Western
> Nigeria
> > > >> assembly
> > > >> >> > passed
> > > >> >> > a law establishing the University of Ife in June
> 1961.
> > > >> With
> > > >> >> > the
> > > >> >> > sound argument that the West would then be the only
>
> > > region
> > > >> >> > without a
> > > >> >> > REGIONAL university, the Federal government yielded
> to
> > > Awo
> > > >> >> > pressure,
> > > >> >> > and turned over NCAST, Ibadan campus to the
> University
> > > of
> > > >> >> Ife,
> > > >> >> > rather
> > > >> >> > than turn it over to UI as originally planned. Ife
> was
> > > >> thus
> > > >> >> > the
> > > >> >> > first Nigerian university to be established on the
> > > >> >> > recommendation of
> > > >> >> > an all-Nigerian commitee, and can truly lay claim
> to
> > > be
> > > >> the
> > > >> >> > first
> > > >> >> > INDIGENOUS Nigerian university in establishment and
> > > >> >> > governance, for
> > > >> >> > whatever that claim is worth. Its first
> Vice-Chancellor
> > > >> was
> > > >> >> > Prof.
> > > >> >> > Babatunde Ajose, followed by Prof. Hezekiah
> Oluwasanmi
> > > who
> > > >> >> > oversaw
> > > >> >> > the movement of the university to its permanent
> Ile-Ife
> > > >> site
> > > >> >> > in January 1967 during the military regime of General
> > > Gowon.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Ogbeni Bolaji Aluko:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> I "hands up" for you. You too musch dis taime. Well, so
> Ife
> > > >> (Great
> > > >> >> Ife - never mind that circumstances developed in way such
>
> > > that I
> > > >> >> could not accept her admission to read law :-)) is the
> first
> > > >> >> INDIGENOUS ........ UNIFE must be proud of you, a true
> alum
> > > >> indeed
> > > >> >> :-)))
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> Make I dodge before Gani and the UI gang come swin'g.
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> okn
> > > >> >> +++
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
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So Christ School Ado-Ekiti has always owned Yorubaland elite club?
PLease keep this gist going....I'm enjoying it.
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'Kale Oyedeji
Miaiduguri. We had a long conversation on general matters and the plan to
publish a book on SLA came up. He expressed how he was not having any
cooperation from the Akintola family. You are wrong to infer that the idea
of writing the book came to him while in Maiduguri. He told me that the
project was embarked on a very long time ago and expressed the hope that he
would complete it in the nearest future. Should we be subjected to a
one-sided rendition of what happened between Awo and SLA? "It was when at
Maiduguri during the NPN years that Jide's SLA and others oligarchy praise
contempt for the man. A ba eyi ni abi nkan mi? Now you see why some of us
see Afenifere as Action Group reincarnated? The core Awoists can never
"forgive" Akintola for "betraying the Yoruba". And I ask, who are the
Yoruba, and who speaks for the Yoruba? Awo was not always speaking for the
Yoruba but for the Action Group. As the Yoruba always say, "enikan ki je awa
de."
Now I understand why Prof. Emmanuel Ayankami Ayandele will never venture to
write a biography of Chief SLA. Clearly, you too have an axe to grind with
Akintola or Osuntokun family. So, you are not an objective commentator.
Bolaji and I at least agreed that historians are the least objective. There
are some that believe very religiously in Chief Awolowo, that of course is
their right. There some also that try to make sense out of all the
propaganda that AG put up during those difficult years. That Akintola was a
traitor to the Yoruba is still a conclusion arrived at by the Awoists. But
little voices will always point out what we regard as outright lies against
SLA.
How many Ife Alumni knew that SLA was the first nominated Chancellor of Ife
University? That he was not confirmed was due to the political expediency of
his time. There was no doubt that Chief Awolowo wanted to be both in Lagos
and Ibadan, Akintola told him he couldn't. "Bi a ba fi agbo fun orisa, a a
j'okun re sile ni".
Abo mi re o, k'asun re.
'Kale Oyedeji
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Subject: Re: [yoruba_net] ON IFE CHANCELLORSHIP, AWO AND AKINTOLA [Re:
[Naijanet] Who is the , First Chancellor of University of Ife?]
> > > > >> >Digest: naijanet-digest@egroups..com
+ +
inbox with this non-issue. Pray, who is the first vice chancellor
of Ogun State University, Ago Iwoye? Who is the chairman of the convocation? Who are the first pro-chancellor, visitor, chairman
of the governing council, of Babbcock (or is it Banckock) University Abeokuta or God-knows where? What about Uthman Dan Fodio University Sokoto, who were the first deans of the faculties of Islamic studies and nomadic education? What about Okada University Benin? Who was the very first and last chair for women studies?
I take god beg una, make una no de annoy other people o. I no get interest lai lai.
Mz Ani.
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Before you buy.
jengbadun...@juno.com
this famous SLA liner.... "Bi a ba fi agbo fun orisa, a aj'okun re sile
ni". But I beg to differ about the following comment..."There was no
doubt that Chief Awolowo wanted to be both in Lagos and Ibadan, Akintola
May I add that, as reprobate Olusegun Obasanjo is , I will giving him
the kudo for trying to heal the wounds. Let's concentrate on more useful
thing..like raising money for scholarship in the name of Awo,
SLA,Penkelemesi and Adegbenro. These men are colorful men and they are in
the pantheon of my heros.
Abo mi re o.
> <owens_wiwa@camh..net>;
> > > > > ...."
'Kale Oyedeji
where we are going.
O di igba die na.
Oyekale Oyedeji
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