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Awolowo Hall

Awolowo Hall is one of the Halls of Residence of Obafemi Awolowo University, it is is remarkably the most populated hostel in Obafemi Awolowo University with a maximum capacity of 2,032 legal occupants (students).It was built in the year 1970. The hostel, used as a temporary female hostel, was named Awolowo Hall in 1972/73. Chief Obafemi Awolowo, which this hall was named after, was a notable politician, philanthropist and icon in Nigeria. As an indication of honuor, students in Awolowo Hall see themselves in the light of the legacies Chief Obafemi Awolowo left behind.

Known to be the most populated, it also has attached to it various activities that depict student’s life.As it neighbours Angola and Mozambique halls, it is a melting pot of students from various halls and it is known as the base for student activities.