{"id":69136,"date":"2025-06-26T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69136"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:12:33","slug":"makinde-renames-ibadan-polytechnic-after-late-gov-olunloyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/26\/makinde-renames-ibadan-polytechnic-after-late-gov-olunloyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Makinde Renames Ibadan Polytechnic After Late Gov Olunloyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has officially renamed The Polytechnic, Ibadan, as Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic, Ibadan, in honour of the late former Governor, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made during an interdenominational commendation service held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan, where Governor Makinde paid tribute to Olunloyo\u2019s enduring legacy and his foundational role as the institution\u2019s pioneer rector.<\/p>\n<p>Makinde praised Olunloyo\u2019s exceptional contributions to the development of Oyo State, describing him as a statesman, scholar, and trailblazer whose impact would continue to shape the state\u2019s academic and political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this renaming, we immortalize a man who laid the foundation for technical and vocational education in Oyo State,\u201d Makinde said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has officially renamed The Polytechnic, Ibadan, as Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic, Ibadan, in honour of the late former Governor, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo. The announcement was made during an interdenominational commendation service held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan, where Governor Makinde paid tribute to Olunloyo\u2019s enduring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69138,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69136\/revisions\/69138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}