UNILAG Students protest continues | People who speak against the protest
Following the naming ceremony of
University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University by The Federal Government of
Nigeria on 29th May, 2012, The Students of UNILAG have been on the street of
Lagos protesting against this pronouncement by President Goodluck Jonathan. The
Students today blocked the Third Mainland Bridge to show their disagreement
with the ‘meaningless change of name’.
Many have been reacting to this
protest by UNILAG Students both positively and negatively. Here is a comments
from one of the many people that go against the protest by the Students.
“Freedom of speech, but not
insult, is the hallmark of democracy,all these blackberry students should
better face their studies. When did naming and renaming of schools become the
prerogative of students. Imagine how some posters think, UNILAG is swagzz, is a
brand, sounds international and all those rubbish talk. Is that the problem of
UNILAG and other universities in the country. What do you expect when they have
turned an academic environment into a social entertainment complex. Is this the
first time such renaming happened? Students of this generation have lost focus
and lack priorities. In a community where there is inadequate facilities, gross
underfunding, lack of power, water, teaching aids, research grants, project
sponsorships and scholarships, what the students protest about is what doesn't
add value to their degrees and lives. I weep for Nigerian youths for having lost
the intellectual capacity to intelligently discourse issues, analyze
situations, draw deductions, make projections, prefer solutions and take
actions that can bring positive change and add meanings to their lives. It is a
shame they are even on the street at all when they sat back while their future
is being eaten away by the political class. In my generation, students led
protest against repressive govt policies and actions. Anti SAP riots was a
glorious show of peoples power orchestrated by NANS. Not any more, what we have
now is cultism, ashawoism, commercialisationism, showbizism. Student power is dead
and with it peoples power .
Please UNILAG/MAU students should
go back to their hostels o! Before you know it, thugs will hijack this protest
which i'm sure isn't coordinated and innocent girls and boys will be Molested,
people will be robbed, injured and the police will start shooting at people and
later claim they shot in the air. Its just a name change after four or five
years you go waka leave am ,remember when IFE was changed to OAU, it was
difficult at first, but today is pronounced freely, the same will be applicable
here, you all will get used to newest brand someday.”
