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| Patience Jonathan to have Unilag Hostel named after her |
UNIVERSITY of Lagos(Unilag) is set to name a 15-storey girls hostel after Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan this Friday but why? I cannot see any reason why she should deserve this,i can understand if she had
donated the entire the building,she hasn't,so why? She hasn't done nothing for the plight of students in Nigeria,so why? If she were someone like Mrs Funmilayo Kuti who fought for women's right and liberated them,then i can understand,but she didn't,so why?
If she were Queen Amina of Zaria who was an inspirational leader to both men and women,i will understand,but she clearly isn't,so why?
Even Mariam Babangida of recent memory had done much more for women and was a pioneer for all this recent women movement,but she's not-so again i ask why?
But i guess we all know why really deep down inside..anyway,this is the full gist of the story as reported in the Vanguard News
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Duro Oni, said the 15-storey building expected to cost about N3 billion would be named after the First Lady because of her contributions towards women folks.
He said: “It is a female hostel and the person due to be named after it is the President’s wife who has touched the lives of many women.”
According to him, like other tertiary institutions, UNILAG had been having problem of accommodation hindering students especially the female students getting to school on time, saying “about 28,000 undergraduates struggle for 8,500 spaces every year in UNILAG.”
Similarly, Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee, Prof. Nwose Chukuma, said: “The parents’ forum is not only building a hostel to help solve accommodation problem in the university, the 15-storey hostel project is named after the First Lady to honour her for her numerous contributions to the development and emancipation of women in Nigeria and Africa.”