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Olabisi Onabanjo University
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is a state (owned and operated) university in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded July 7, 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) and was renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University on May 29, 2001 in honour of Chief (Dr.) Olabisi Onabanjo, whose efforts as the then civilian governor of Ogun State gave birth to the university. Meanwhile, many students still refer to the institution as OSU, an acronym for the former name.
The university has had a total output of 10,291 graduates and 1,697 postgraduates.[1]
Olabisi Onabanjo University has multiple campuses. The Main Campus in Ago-Iwoye is popularly called Permanent Site (PS) by the students and a Mini Campus which was the home of the Faculty of Science till it was moved to the permanent site in January 2013. Faculty of Agriculture is in Aiyetoro, faculty of Engineering is in Ibogun, College of Medicine, faculties of Basic Medical Sciences and Pharmacy are in Shagamu. Students and alumni of the Olabisi Onabanjo University are addressed as ‘Great OOUITES.’
Information and activities amidst Students are communicated through the school’s portal as well as notable privately owned magazines such as ‘OOU CAMPUS MIRROR’ ‘OOU PRESS CLUB’, ‘OOU Update’, ‘OOU Premium’, ‘Inside OOU magazine’, ‘OOU Vanguard’, and a few others.
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Professor and Chair of the department for Governance and Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Senior Lecturer, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Professor of Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Lecturing, Olabisi Onabanjo University