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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos ,UNILAG, Professor Folashade Ogunsola has clarified the ban on the use of canopies and driving of personal cars into the university during the 55th convocation ceremonies of UNILAG.
Prof. Ogunsola stated that while graduands and their well-wishers are not allowed to put up canopies at the event, saying that low key celebrations will only be allowed at the faculty and department levels in the institution.
Ogunsola cautioned that the use of canopies around academic areas especially around the J.F Ade Ajayi Auditorium will not be accepted: “You can’t put canopies around academic areas and that has been the rule for years now,” she said.
About imposition of ban on personal vehicles on the campus, she stated that individual cars will be parked at the gate while BRT buses will be used to convey everybody to the main campus. She noted that this arrangement will help ease the flow of traffic and ensure a seamless process during the ceremony.
She explained further that, “Our campus is majorly accessed through a single route and allowing personal cars everywhere on campus will cause a traffic problem that may lead to people spending three hours on a spot because they’re coming for convocation as was the case in time past.”
Also speaking about visitors carrying their food and other items to campus, she said, “UNILAG students are smart so I know they’ll figure out how to do that.”
Prof. Ogunsola appealed to graduates and their loved ones to comport themselves properly at the convocation by complying with traffic rules and not engaging in activities capable of breaching public peace and security.
Reactions
In their separate reactions, Gbolahan Obadimeji Philips and Oyibo Tega, both alma mater of the university responded positively to the measures put in place to secure the university environment.
On his part, Gbolahan Philips said: “support the prevention of vehicles into the campus during convocation as I experi need it in 2019. It was very chaotic but I expect a better solution to how to move food and other items during convocation. You can not say the students will figure it out. No. That is not a good answer from a prof who surround herself.”
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