Obafemi Awolowo University

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Obafemi Awolowo University
public university
Di pilli ni1962 Mali niŋ
Yu'maŋliObafemi Awolowo University Mali niŋ
Zuliya wuhibuObafemi Awolowo University Mali niŋ
AffiliationAdeyemi College of Education Mali niŋ
Siɣili-lana yuliObafemi Awolowo Mali niŋ
Taachi sabbuFor Learning and Culture Mali niŋ
Dunia yaɣiliAfrica Mali niŋ
TiŋaNigeria Mali niŋ
Din be shɛli polonaIlesa Mali niŋ
Wakati luɣiliUTC+01:00 Mali niŋ
Tiŋgbaŋ yaɣili calinli7°31′6″N 4°31′22″E Mali niŋ
Nira zaŋtiAssociation of Commonwealth Universities, Association of African Universities Mali niŋ
Bal' tɔɣasiraSilmiinsili Mali niŋ
Lahabaya dundɔŋ din mali dihitabilihttp://www.oauife.edu.ng Mali niŋ
Nahingbaŋ maŋlimidnight blue, gold Mali niŋ
Map
Landscape of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Main Campus, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) nyɛla federal university din be Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.[1][2] University ŋɔ nyɛla din daa piligi yuuni 1961 ka wuhibu mini bɔhimbu daa piligi silimiin goli October yuuni 1962[3] ka ŋun daa kpa University of Ife nyɛ regional government zaŋ n-ti Western Nigeria ka ŋun daa be di tooni Samuel Ladoke Akintola. Bɛ daa taɣi li yuli "Obafemi Awolowo University" silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pinaayi dali yuuni 1987. Ŋun daa taɣi li yuli ŋɔ nyɛ Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida led military administration, Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), o nyɛla tuuli Western Region of Nigeria.[4][5][6]

Yuuni 1951, bɛ ni daa taɣi zalikpana buku taɣibu nima pam daa nyɛla din niŋ ka di wuhiri ni bɛ piimi legislators mini regional Premiers zaŋ n-ti "regions".[7] A commission was established by the Federal Minister zaŋ n-ti shikuru baŋsim bɔhimbu yaɣili yuuni 1959 daa bɔ niriba ni bɛ niŋ vihigu baŋ tiŋgbani maa yaɣa shɛŋa din to ni bɛ miɛ university nima yuuni 1960 mini yuuni 1980.[8] Ban daa be di tooni nyɛ Cambridge karimba Eric Ashby, karimba zaŋ n-ti Clare College, Cambridge n-ti pahi labour economist Frederick H. Harbison.[9] Lahabali daa yina Western Region gomnanti sani wuhiri ni University of Ibadan nyɛla din yɛn saɣi Western Region amaa ka federal gomnanti daa bi saɣi n-ti li.[10] Pɔi ka lahabali kpalinkpaa daa yina silimiin goli October yuuni 1960 Western gomnanti daa niŋ nia ni bɛ zali university n-ti "region" maa.[10]

Action Group party zaŋ n-ti Western Region of Nigeria ni daa yɛli ni bɛ zalimi University of Ife[11] daa nyɛla nangban kpeeni.[12]Tɛmplet:Full citation needed bɛ daa zali la Nigeria nima tuuli university yuuni Ibadan din be Western Region ka di daa nyɛ "external" collagɛ zaŋ n-ti University of London.

Silimiin goli October yuuni 1960, Ashby commission nyɛla ban daa yɛli ni di to ni bɛ regional universities zaŋ n-ti northern mini eastern regions, Nigeria mini federal university zaŋ n-ti Lagos.[9] Yuuni 1961,bɛ daa zali Provisional Council zaŋ n-ti university maa ka Western Regional Assembly saɣi n-ti li. Bɛ daa piigi luɣ'shɛli bɛ ni yɛn zali shikuru ŋɔ ka di polo maa galisim daa paai 13,000 acres (5,300 ha).[9] Tuuli laɣa shɛli bɛ ni daa zaŋ n-ti ni bɛ piligi university maa miɛbu daa nyɛla £250,000 ka di daa yina Western regional government.[13]

Ibadan Campus

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Silimiin goli September biɛɣ'pishi ni ayi dali yuuni 1962, bɛ daa yooi university ŋɔ ni shikuru bihi ban kalinli yiɣisi kɔbishi ni pihinahi anahi, bɛ ni daa booni shɛli College of Arts and Sciences, Ibadan.[10] Shikkuru bihi ŋɔ shɛba daa nyɛla College of Arts and Sciences shikuru bihi ka bɛ daa lahi kpaɣi University College, Ibadan karimba shɛba. Bɛ daa piigi Oladele Ajose ka o leei tuuli Vice-Chancellor zaŋ n-ti university ŋɔ ka di daa piligi ni bɔhimbu yaɣa din doli na ŋɔ agriculture, arts, economics mini social studies, law n-ti pahi science.[9] University maa wuhibu mini bɔhimbu daa chami kamani University College, Ibadan ka daa piligi saawara ni University of Wisconsin.[13] [10]

Silimiin goli February yuuni 1966, Lt-Col Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, ŋun daa kana ni o ti kaai University of Ife ka nyɛ Military Governor zaŋ n-ti Western Region daa piigi Hezekiah Oluwasanmi tuuli Vice-Chancellor ka piigi Chief TT Solaru mi pro-chancellor ka daa ti ba liɣiri ni bɛ labi miɛ shikuru ŋɔ silimiin goli October yuuni 1966.Bɛ daa ku Fajuyi, sooja nima biɛhigu shee din be Ibadan silimiin goli July yuuni 1966.[14]

Move to Ife

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University maa daa yi labi Ile-Ife shikuru palli maa ni silimiin goli January yuuni 1967.[10] University ŋɔ daa tuui nya di tuuli faculty of pharmacy din be West Africa, tuuli bɔhimbu yaɣili zaŋ n-ti "chemical engineering" n-ti pahi tuuli bɔhimbu yaɣili zaŋ n-ti "electronics components and electrical engineering".[15][16]

Federal University

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In 1975, a new military government introduced decrees making the University of Ife a Federal University.[10] On 10 July 1999, members of the Black Axe Confraternity murdered the secretary-general of the students' union George Iwilade and several other student activists in the Obafemi Awolowo University massacre. Education Minister Tunde Adeniran issued a statement acknowledging the incident and saying the ministry will treat the case with "utmost concern".[17]

Architecture

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Israeli architect Arieh Sharon led the architectural planning of the university with a team that later included his son Eldar Sharon and Augustine Akhuemokhan Egbor of Lagos.[18] The initial plan was to build three communities. A central campus with a high density would host the academic and administrative structures, the staff quarters with residential structures be dispersed for privacy, and students' residential halls were built.

Central Campus

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The road network within the university is numbered, the main entrance to the university is the 2.5 km Road One which provides visibility to two rocky hills and a main core. The core is a quadrangle consisting of the university's public structures: Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Secretariat, University Bookshop, Oduduwa Hall, and the Faculties of Arts, Education, Law, Administration and Social Sciences.[10]

The first structure to be completed in January 1967 was three blocks of four floors, which became the Humanities building; these blocks have interconnected walkways to the other Faculties within the quad. Upon completion, these structures resembled inverted pyramids or huge boats but the design was chosen because of the country's humid tropical climate that way, each floor protects the one below.[18][10]

There are pedestrian walkways and pergolas around the campus, providing movement within offices around the quadrangle, and there are also piazzas, gardens and terraces. The quad is enclosed on each side by roads, beyond which are other faculty buildings.

The inner road on the southern end (road two) or front of the main core provides access to the student union building. Along road two are the computer science building, and the faculties of pharmacy and health sciences. The outer road at the north-western end of the quad, (Road 5)[18] provides access to the modern languages building and the African traditional-designed structure housing the African studies department, a museum and an exhibition hall.[10]

Academics

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College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Obafemi Awolowo University has 13 faculties[19] and two colleges—the Postgraduate College and the College of Health Sciences— which are administered in more than 60 departments. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in fields of specialization spanning the humanities, arts, natural sciences, social sciences, medical sciences, engineering and technology. It was previously associated with Loma Linda University in California, US.[20]

JUPEB Programme

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Obafemi Awolowo University nyɛla din mali saawara ni Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB).[21] JUPEB nyɛla din mali A-Level programs n-tiri shikuru bihi shɛba ban bɔri ni bɛ kpɛ Obafemi Awolowo University ni "direct entry". OAU nyɛla din kpaɣiri shikuru niŋdi JUPEB Program Y.[22]

Bɛ "central" karimbu shee nyɛ Hezekiah Oluwasanmi karimbu shee,(bɛ daa zaŋ la Vice-Chancellor ŋun pahiri ayi yuli zaŋ n-ti li Professor Hezekiah Olusawanmi)[23] ka di nyɛ jirinbisa dubu buyi. Di nyɛla din ni tooi deei niriba kalinli kamani 2,500. Karimbu shee ŋɔ nyɛla din mali 300,000 titles mini 762,000 "volumes of monographs".[24]

 
Hezekiah Oluwasanmi library
 

Vice-chancellors

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Tuuli vice-chancellor zaŋ n-ti university maa n-daa nyɛ Professor Oladele Ajose (MD, PhD), o daa naai la Glasgow University ka nyɛ tuuli Nigeria professor zaŋ n-ti "public health". O daa na be la University of Ibadan.[25] O daa nyɛla vice-chancellor bin din gbaai yuuni 1962 hali ni yuuni 1966. Vice-chancellor ŋun daa pahiri ayi nyɛ Professor H. A. Oluwasanmi, o daa tum la bin din gbaai yuuni 1966 hali ni yuuni 1975. Anthony Adebolu Elujoba, professor zaŋ n-ti pharmacognosy daa leei Acting Vice-Chancellor zaŋ n-ti university maa silimiin goli July yuuni 1975. University Council's daa yɛliya ni Professor Ayobami Taofeek Salami leei Vice-Chancellor zaŋ n-ti university maa silimiin goli June dabaa ayobu dali ka shɛba daa bɛ saɣi n-ti li. "Council" daa wurim lala yɛlitɔɣa maa ka daa yihi Salami. Bɛ daa piigi Prof. Elujoba ka o leei Vice-Chancellor zaŋ n-ti university maa di nyaaŋa.[26]

Karimba nima zaŋ n-ti university ŋɔ nyɛla Nobel Laureate ninvuɣ yino n-ti pahi Nigerian National Merit Award winners niriba ayobu.[27]

Nigeria Nobel prize-winner zaŋ n-ti "literature" ka lahi nyɛ tuuli African laureate, Wole Soyinka daa nyɛla Professor of Comparative Literature n-ti University maa bin din gbaai yuuni 1975 hali ni yuuni 1999. Yuuni 1999, bɛ daa piigi o Emeritus Professor zaŋ n-ti Dramatic Arts.[28]

Stephen Adebanji Akintoye daa nyɛla Dirata zaŋ n-ti university ŋɔ African Studies bin din gbaai yuuni 1974 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1977.[29]

Vice-chancellor nima yuya

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Halls of residence

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Ile-Ife shikuru nyɛla bɛ ni miɛ shɛli kamani 5,000 acres (20 km2) , 13,000 acres (53 km2) . Di duri nyɛ din doli na ŋɔ:

  • Awolowo Hall
  • Angola Hall
  • Alumni Hall
  • Education Trust Fund (ETF) Hall
  • Adekunle Fajuyi Hall (FAJ)
  • Ladoke Akintola Hall
  • Moremi Hall
  • Mozambique Hall (Moz)
  • Murtala Muhammed Post Graduate Hall

Dabba biɛhigu shɛhi nyɛ Awolowo Hall, Angola Hall, ETF Hall n-ti pahi Fajuyi Hall. Paɣaba mi biɛhigu shɛhi nyɛ Alumni Hall, Ladoke Akintola Hall, Moremi Hall n-ti pahi Mozambique Hall.[40] Postgraduate hall nyɛ Murtala Muhammed Hall.[41]

Notable alumni

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Government and politics

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Business

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Arts and media

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Academia

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Royalty and society

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Technology

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  • Ernest Ndukwe, is a Nigerian Electrical engineer and former chief executive officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC.
  • Gbenga Sesan, a social entrepreneur, information and communications technology professional

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