{"id":170278,"date":"2025-07-19T21:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/buhari-urges-unimaid-name-retention-amid-sanis-rejection"},"modified":"2025-07-19T22:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T21:52:46","slug":"buhari-urges-unimaid-name-retention-amid-sanis-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-urges-unimaid-name-retention-amid-sanis-rejection","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Urges UNIMAID Name Retention Amid Sani&#8217;s Rejection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former federal lawmaker from Kaduna State, Senator Shehu Sani, has criticised President Bola Tinubu\u2019s decision to rename the University of Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>The President, on Thursday, renamed the university as Muhammadu Buhari University, in honour of the late former president.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, announced during a session of tributes by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to Buhari, has sparked mixed reactions.<\/p>\n<p>Both current and former students have condemned the move, describing the renaming as unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>In his response, Shehu Sani, in a post on his official Facebook page, stated that the university should remain known as UNIMAID.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cMany former and present students of University of Maiduguri are not happy about the renaming of their prestigious university, but they are shy or afraid of rejecting or condemning it because of the person whose name was used.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not that difficult to say that UNIMAID should remain UNIMAID and nothing else. So far all our airports and train stations have been renamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former federal lawmaker from Kaduna State, Senator Shehu Sani, has criticised President Bola Tinubu\u2019s decision to rename the University of Maiduguri. The President, on Thursday, renamed the university as Muhammadu Buhari University, in honour of the late former president. 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