The university of Ibadan,class of 1967 celebrates its fiftieth anniversary on 4/11/2017, the day in 1967 while a few young males and females matriculated into the instructional institution called the university of Ibadan. UI magnificence of 67, additionally referred to as UI 67, is a branch of the alumni association and is made from the matriculants of that year and a few other alumni whose class have no branch and who're in love with sports of this class.
The idea of a category-primarily based alumni organization emerged at the realisation that a single alumni affiliation of the university of Ibadan turned into locating it logistically hard to comprise the loads of heaps of college students the college had turned out on account that 1948. also, there is greater comradeship based on closer familiarity amongst class members. fully conscious that the beliefs of the university may be well projected through energetic involvement of the alumni, UI ’sixty seven got here into lifestyles to contribute to making this fortress of expertise extra. all of it started out on a Sunday at Easter time in 1979, in an rental in Lagos state Housing estate, Isolo, occupied via the past due Adetokunbo Marinho. some pals who were contributors of the elegance collected to have a drink in birthday party of Easter. There started, a rest style reminiscence of the vintage Ibadan days. Tokunbo had some Brandy which did not enchantment to a lot of us however he had a few other drinks additionally and there was masses of amusing. We promised to meet again. the next meeting was held at Sola Dada’s house near Yaba college of generation and there, the affiliation took off with Sola as foundation president. We had been few but it's far noteworthy to mention names like Olusola Dada, Tokunbo Marinho, Dele Oyefesobi, Kayode Raheem, Tunji Odegbami, Kunle Akindele, Iseoluwa Aworinde and Dorothy Ovbiagele (nee Imobio), all of blessed memory. additionally, in those early days, had been Iyabo Ogunshola, Bunmi Onabolu, Sade Ogunbiyi, Izegbua Amusu, (the immediately beyond president), Afolabi Abe, Tunji Oluwatayo, Femi Kufo, Sam Oyibo Beecroft, Timebi Agari, Ayo Ojo, Tunji Falana, Stella Omotesho, Kofo Odusote, Lawrence Jasper Ogunleye, Imo Etsueli (Justus), Andy Egonwon, Tunde (Njoku) Ezichi, Tony Omeiza Oshireku, Francis Iruobe, Olabisi Ogunjobi, Yinka Sogbesan, Sanmi Fabode, Sunny Odunfa, Ladi Taiwo, Wole Okunfulure, Richard Adebayo, S. Olu Adekunle and Segun Johnson. but, it's miles worthy of word that the Ibadan branch started soon after the Lagos department, and these are the most effective two branches to the first-class of my understanding. We had and still have, ordinary meetings, socialising, reminiscing on UI existence. We called and nonetheless call one another by means of our first names (and the old nicknames), to percentage the pleasure of the university of Ibadan heritage. We, however, have in no way overpassed our responsibility to our university. We were given a lot through our Alma Mater and we attempt to offer again. consequently, on Saturday, November four, 2017, we will rejoice this superb group where in past due September, 1967, we resumed as freshers amidst fears in a few quarters that, if the civil battle escalated, it would have an effect on our educational aspirations. at the campus, it changed into a extraordinary international. No signs and symptoms of struggle, as we participated in scintillating welcome week sports for brand new college students. It turned into a brand new enjoy for all, both young and old. The younger college students, sparkling from high faculty, were in most of the people however there have been students antique enough to be fathers to some of us. It did now not depend to anybody. Constructiveinteractions everybody joined in the new amusing of UI lifestyles and UI traditions. We fast grew and boys became guys and girls, women. The halls had been either men’s hall or women’s corridor. We have been endorsed to have positive interactions with senior participants of workforce, professors and lecturers, inclusive. They were amiable, available and helpful. On our component, we have been assured and conscious that we have been mainly chosen. In those days while you were loose to use to all universities, maximum people got admission into all the four existing universities and we selected Ibadan. To many Nigerians then, Ibadan became The university and we were there. We have been the envy of different institutions. UI was truely internationalized. a terrific percent of the academic personnel were expatriates and we had many international college students from the Americas, the Caribbeans, Europe and other African international locations. UI campus become a city inside a city and lots of students had no purpose to go out of the campus for an entire term. We had precise food like princes and princesses internal cafeteria that as compared with restaurants of 5-celebrity accommodations. The university of Ibadan turned into a world renowned group, a town of teachers and a centre of a laugh and excellence. Financially, matters had been difficult due to the civil conflict but UI had the great price regime, in comparison to different universities. Our professors have been international magnificence: Ade Ajayi, Ojetunji Aboyade, D. N. Irvine, B. J. Dudley, V. Oyenuga, Akin Mabogunje, Dotun Philips, E.A. Ayandele, E. U. Essien Udom,Wole Soyinka, Akinkugbe, Emovon, Adeoye Lambo, Odeku, to mention a few.
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