THE BEST”, EHN-EHN? OAU-“GREAT IFE”, AND SO WHAT?? UNILORIN- “BETTER BY FAR”, NONSENSE! SHUT-UP, ENOUGH OF YOUR NOISE; LAUTECH REMAINS THE BEST!!! LAUTECH has for years now been in the news as an unstable University courtesy of Power Tussle- Ownership Issue, Students protest due to bluffly refusal of unfavourable policies by the school authority; death of fellows courtesy of insecurity and lots more. More-so, the image of LAUTECH is being painted black with issues that generated only from this about to end semester. The death of a student which led to days of peaceful demonstrations (world grossly misinformed); the killing of a lady for ritual, by her boyfriend; the EFCC arrest, detain and sentence of a student to three (3) years imprisonment for internet fraud. All these gives people bad impressions about the school. Students of other schools see LAUTECH Students as scoundrels; but the fact that they heard of a Lautech Student who killed his girlfriend for ritual doesn’t make all Lautech Students ritualists; that they read and heard in the news of a Ladokite whom EFCC arrested, detained and sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment for internet fraud/cyber-crime, doesn’t make all Ladokites Scammers, Fraudsters and Cyber Criminals. Drawing conclusions based on small size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation is unacceptable. It’s worth condemning making a hasty conclusion about our School without considering all of variables. These have blindfolded many eyes from seeing the better side of our school. They had better look beyond this secundum quid and stop the intentional exclusion of evidences to a bias conclusion. There are Cyber-criminals, Ritualists, Internet Fraudsters in other Universities as seen in LAUTECH. What’s happening in LAUTECH also happens in mostly all Universities in this country, it’s just that the media gives so much attention to issues generating from our school. Therefore, the LAUTECH situation has generated so many controversies and arguments between our Students and others, most especially the Students of University of Ibadan (UI), Obafemi Awolowo University (UI) and University of Ilorin (UNILORIN); all claiming the best is their school. Their noise am sick and tired of. UI Students claims to be the Best because of the school being the First, OAU Students claims their School is the Greatest while Students of UNILORIN claims they’re Better by Far. Whatever! Truth be told, they’re all living on past glories and now becoming gongs & cymbals adding no harmonious tones to songs. LAUTECH was founded in 1990; it is only 23 years old, so it is young and still developing. LAUTECH as an institution cannot be compared to UI, OAU and other first generation Universities based on its age, and infrastructures available. In the above mentioned schools, all the infrastructures more less are in place and what is only needed to be done is to maintain these facilities. LAUTECH is still growing and there are many things to be put in place for it to accomplish it aims and objectives. LAUTECH is still fighting hard to find its feet I must admit, still with this situation, its products are first to be reckon with in the labour market. Ladokites competes favourably well with graduates from other universities, there are a lot of testimonials to the effect. Despite the trials and upheavals LAUTECH faces, it’s growing strong and stronger, and strengths of its Students waxing stronger. That’s the reason we’re Sound, Agile, Active and SMART. Sincerely, what sickens me most about the Students of UI & OAU is that of a baseless argument they always engross in; before you could make a point to buttress, ‘do you know how many Professors we’ve produced? Most of all the lecturers of Universities in Nigeria are our products. The Vice-Chancellor of your school is a product of our school’, they says, it has always been that same point. Shut-Up! Your school made them Professors or their commitment, resilient, dedication and hard- work? Ehn-ehn, where would the lecturers have schooled if not your school which is the first in the country. The fact that my Vice-Chancellor is a product of your school doesn’t make your school far better. You claims to have Beautiful structures, Smart Lecture Halls, and the largest Lecture Theatre in West Africa or even in Africa while LAUTECH builds Sheds; Yes, of course we build sheds but the products of our sheds competes head-to-head with your products of Smart Lecture Halls and big Lecture Theatres; shouldn’t you guys shut up and bury your heads in shame. If UI & OAU Students are raising eyebrows, UNILORIN Students should better keep quiet. What is even special about UNILORIN; is it the ‘Ki-ra-mosa & Bo-wowo’ style of learning they engage in??? These guys fails to understand that University is a Citadel of Learning not only reading and studying books or making researches but also giving exposure to life. In LAUTECH, you get exposed to what LIFE means… you garner experience and memories you can never let go. FUTA Students, you also claim your school is the best? Please better go solve the puzzle that brings “Tension” & “Agony” in that Federal University of yours. Truth be told, UI and OAU are living on past glories; University education is not about living on past glories but on the students’ capacity to be good in all areas of life; One way to measure the quality of a school is not by Nigeria University Commission’s ranking but by its products. Being rated 1st by NUC doesn’t make you the best. You guys had better not get caught up with past glories; stop depending on glories of the past, and start molding yourselves; get a life, make names yourselves and stop the issue of how many pot-bellied professors you produced. Also, graduating from UI or OAU doesn’t make you better than someone that graduates from the ripped-apart University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD now EKSU) or other schools. Your God’s given aptitude and hardwork are more important. Your university will not determine your success; it may only have impact on you. Being a good student depends on your personal ability, brain, talent and how vast you are! As long as am concerned, LAUTECH remains the best; it’s not all about infrastructures, it’s all about knowledge and how the school can impact life into you. LAUTECH is a young flower just budding and when the fragrances of the older flowers are gone and they are withered, LAUTECH will be in its full glory. Forget the “FIRST AND THE BEST” Trumpeters, the “GREAT IFE” shouters, and the “BETTER BY FAR” Criers; LAUTECH remains the best University in Nigeria and the World at large, like it or loathe it. No matter how black they may paint us, we’ll always lead while others follow. Bear it in mind that there are only two Universities in Nigeria; LAUTECH and OTHERS…! Omo Ladoke….Owo L’oke….When I say “L”, you say “A”; when I say “U”, you say “T”; when I say “E”, you say “C; when i say “H”; all of you wey una dey read this, oya shout “LAUTECH” ‘cos it’s the BEST. A world of fantasy you say am living in? Na You Sabi!!! Oluwatomilola Boyinde, TOMI’NIGERIA, PRO, Union of Campus Journalists, Lautech. Oluwatomilola2@gmail, 22DC20FB, 08032434218.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:19:03 +0000
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