University Of Ado Ekiti
Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD) was established on March 30, 1982 by the administration of late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the first civilian governor of Ondo State.
The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
It is located about 12 minutes drive from the centre of the city of Ado-Ekiti in Western Nigeria.
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, as it is known today, was at inception in 1982 known as Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and it prides itself as the only university in Nigeria that has within a quarter of a century had its name changed four times. The name was changed to Ondo State University in 1985 and to University of Ado-Ekiti in November 1999 and to its present name Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti in September 2011
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