The House of Representatives yesterday read for the second time the
proposed bill seeking to rename the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola
University (MAUL). An earlier attempt to rename the university through the
President’s fiat sparked protests in Lagos and other parts of the country.
The protests would resonate with a legal suit to boot last
week, when the authorities of the university dragged the Minister of Education,
Prof. Ruqayyat Rufai, to court for referring to the institution as MAUL. Even
the Senate has joined the debate on the attempted name change, insisting that
it must be done through an Act of Parliament. A member of the House of
Representatives, who did not want his name mentioned, said: “The House is
likely to throw out the bill, which is slated for consideration next week.”
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