Obafemi Awolowo University

**Obafemi Awolowo University** (**OAU**) nyɛla federal university din be Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. University ŋɔ nyɛla din daa piligi  yuuni 1961 ka wuhibu mini bɔhimbu daa piligi silimiin goli October yuuni 1962 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.

## Taarihi
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".  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. 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. 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. Pɔi ka lahabali kpalinkpaa daa yina silimiin goli October yuuni 1960 Western gomnanti daa niŋ nia ni bɛ zali university n-ti  "region" maa.

Action Group party zaŋ n-ti Western Region of Nigeria ni daa yɛli ni bɛ zalimi University of Ife daa nyɛla nangban kpeeni. 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.  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 . 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.

### Ibadan Campus
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. 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. University maa wuhibu mini bɔhimbu daa chami kamani University College, Ibadan ka daa piligi saawara ni University of Wisconsin. 

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.

### Move to Ife
University maa daa yi labi  Ile-Ife shikuru palli maa ni silimiin goli January yuuni 1967. 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". 

### Federal University
In 1975, a new military government introduced decrees making the University of Ife a Federal University. 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".

## Architecture
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. 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
The road network within the university is numbered, the main entrance to the university is the 2.5&nbsp;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.

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.

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) provides access to the modern languages building and the African traditional-designed structure housing the African studies department, a museum and an exhibition hall.

## Academics

Obafemi Awolowo University has 13 faculties 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.

### JUPEB Programme
Obafemi Awolowo University nyɛla din mali saawara ni Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). 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.

### Library

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) 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". 

## Vice-chancellors

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. 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.

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

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.

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

### Vice-chancellor nima yuya

* Oladele Ajose (1962–66)
* Hezekiah Adedunmola Oluwasanmi (1966–75)
* Ojetunji Aboyade (1975–78)
* Cyril Agodi Onwumechili (1979–82)
* Wande Abimbola (1982–89)
* C. Adeniyi Osuntogun (1990–91)
* Wale Omole (1991–99)
* Roger Makanjuola (1999–2006)
* Micheal Oladimeji Faborode (2006–11)
* Idowu Bamitale Omole (2011–16)
* Anthony Elujoba (as acting from 2016 to 2017)
* Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede (2017–2022)
* Adebayo Simeon Bamire (2022–present)

## Halls of residence

Ile-Ife shikuru nyɛla bɛ ni miɛ shɛli kamani   ,  . 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. Postgraduate hall nyɛ Murtala Muhammed Hall.

## Notable alumni

### Government and politics

* Adebayo Adelabu, Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria since 2014.
* Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, co-founder African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)
* Akinwumi Adesina, President of African Development Bank & former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
* Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on media and publicity
* Oladapo Afolabi, former Head of Nigerian Civil Service
* Jimi Agbaje, Lagos State Governorship candidate
* Alexander Akinyele, former Nigerian Minister of Information
* Sarah Alade, former Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria
* Christopher Omoworare Babajide, Senator of Osun State, Nigeria
* Bisayo Busari-Akinnadeju
* Babalola Borishade, former Nigeria Minister of Aviation
* Abike Dabiri, former Member of the House of Representatives
* Kayode Fayemi, former Governor of Ekiti State
* Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria
* Olusegun Mimiko, former Governor of Ondo State, Nigeria
* Lai Mohammed, Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture
* Babafemi Ojudu, Senator of Ekiti State, Nigeria
* Olatunde Ojo, Clerk to the national assembly of Nigeria
* Dominic Oneya, former Governor Kano State, Nigeria
* Olusegun Oni, former Governor of Ekiti State, Nigeria
* Fidelis Oyakhilome, former Governor Rivers State, Nigeria
* Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former Governor of Osun State, and former military governor of Lagos State, Nigeria
* Amal Pepple, former Nigerian Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development and former Head of Nigerian Civil Service
* Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, Former Minister of Communication
* Oluremi Tinubu, former First Lady and Senator of Lagos State, Nigeria

### Business

* Olajumoke Adenowo, Nigerian architect and businesswoman
* Bola Akindele, entrepreneur, business strategist and philanthropist
* Demola Aladekomo, computer engineer, technology expert, entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Ibukun Awosika, chairman, First Bank Nigeria
* Toye Sobande, Business management consultant, strategic leadership expert, lawyer, author, public speaker, and trainer.
* Yemisi Edun, first female MD/CEO of First City Monument Bank
* Abisoye Fagade, Nigerian professional marketer
* Jimoh Ibrahim, lawyer, Nigerian billionaire
* Noah Ibrahim, Nigerian Real estate entrepreneur
* Dele Momodu, Nigerian Journalist and Businessman and CEO of Ovation International Magazine
* Oscar N. Onyema, currently CEO of the Nigerian Stock Exchange
*Tinuade Sanda, currently Managing Director of EKO electricity distribution company 
* Funke Opeke, MD Main One
* Funke Osibodu, ex-CEO of Union and Eco Banks
* Femi Otedola, Nigerian Oil Billionaire
* Andrew Lucky Elerewe, Nigerian Real estate entrepreneur

### Law

* Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, current Governor of Ondo State
* Yusuf Olaolu Ali, lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria
* Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague
* Femi Falana, Nigerian Human Rights Lawyer
* Nkemdilim Izuako, Nigerian Judge and member of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal
* Toki Mabogunje, Nigerian lawyer
* Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, CFR, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
* Helen Prest-Ajayi, Nigerian lawyer, writer and former beauty queen.
* Adewole Adebayo, Nigerian lawyer, former Presidential Candidate of Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) and founder of KAFTAN TV.
* Karimot Odebode, Nigerian lawyer and education advocate.

### Arts and media

* 2Baba, Nigerian artist. He was given an honorary degree during his Fellowship award from Department of Music
* Aderounmu Adejumoke, Nigerian actor and filmmaker
* Olusegun Adeniyi, former presidential spokesman for the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and chairman of the editorial board, Thisday Newspaper
* Kunle Adewale, Nigerian artist and International Advocate For persons living Sickle Cell Anemia.
* Stephen Adewale, Nigerian Journalist, Chairman of Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) in Ondo State and Head of Station of KAFTAN TV
* Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, Nigerian literary critic, poet and writer
* Roseline Adewuyi, Nigerian French translator and gender advocate.
* Funso Aiyejina, Nigerian poet, short story writer and playwright, Dean of Humanities and Education University of West Indies
* Ibiyinka Alao, artist
* Woli Arole, Nigerian comedian
* Asake, Nigerian hip-hop musician and music artist 
* Biyi Bandele, Nigerian novelist and playwright
* Blaqbonez, Nigerian rapper
* Femi Branch, Nigerian actor
* Chinko Ekun, Nigerian singer and rapper
* Femi Euba, Nigerian actor and dramatist
* Dizzy K Falola, UK-based Nigerian singer
* Peter Fatomilola, actor and playwright
* Fireboy DML, Nigerian singer and songwriter signed to YBNL Nation
* Tade Ipadeola, lawyer, prize-winning poet and author. President of PEN Nigeria
* Lagbaja, Nigerian artist
* MC Lively, Nigerian Comedian
* Sam Nda-Isaiah, chairman and publisher at Leadership (newspaper), Nigeria.
* Wole Oguntokun, lawyer, Nigerian playwright, stage and film director, theatre administrator and newspaper columnist
* Steph-Nora Okere, Nigerian actress.
* Osonye Tess Onwueme, Nigerian playwright, poet and Professor of Global letters
* Adesuwa Onyenokwe
* Seun Osewa, founder of Nairaland
* Muraina Oyelami, painter, drummer and actor
* Afeez Oyetoro, actor and comedian
* Yemi Shodimu, Nigerian actor and Director

### Academia

* Adenike Akinsemolu, Environmental sustainability advocate, educator, author, a social entrepreneur, lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University (Adeyemi College Campus)
* Akintunde Akinwande, Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Bolaji Aluko, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Howard University, Washington DC and was chair of its department from 1994 to 2002 currently Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State
* Karin Barber, Professor of African Cultural Anthropology at the University of Birmingham, England
* Toyin Falola, Nigerian historian and Professor of African studies
* Adesegun Fatusi, vice chancellor, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo state
* Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe, Professor and Head of Geology and Geophysics at Missouri University of Science and Technology
* Nahzeem Olufemi Mimiko, Professor of Political Science and former Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko Ondo state, Nigeria
* Dele Ogunseitan, Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Irvine
* Folasade Ogunsola, Professor of Microbiology former Provost of College of Medicine University of Lagos, currently Vice Chancellor University of Lagos
* Funmi Olonisakin, Professor of Security, Leadership and Development at King's College London, United Kingdom
* Idowu Bamitale Omole, Professor of International Relations and Former Vice Chancellor (Obafemi Awolowo University)
* Teresa N. Washington, Academic, author, and activist

### Royalty and society

* Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, RCCG
* Adesimbo Victor Kiladejo, Traditional Ruler of Ondo Kingdom, Nigeria
* Felix Orji, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of All Nations

### Technology

* 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

## Kundivihira

## External links
* Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria 
* GREAT IFE Social Network for the Alumni, current students and staff
* Great Ife Alumni Association, U.S.A. - Houston, Texas