Fashion was clearly not in the room when Nigerian public universities sat down to discuss their options for convocation gowns.

I had time on my hands today and decided to rank 15 of the best ones I could find. 

Let’s get into it.

15. Osun State University

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The only thing I can say here is that there are like 20 private and secondary schools with this exact convocation gown. 

14. Olabisi Onabanjo University 

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Replace the blue lining with yellow and you might have the graduands disguised as UNIOSUN students. Is there any effort going into these gown designs?

13. University of Ilorin

Photo: Tribune Online

If you go outside your house right now and scream “low-effort” three times, this gown will appear in your kitchen. Do with this info what you must. 

12. Obafemi Awolowo University 

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Another navy blue? At this point I honestly need to ask. What the heck is going on?

11. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Photo source: FUTA

I guess another shade of blue is a pleasant sight for sore eyes. 

10. Ahmadu Bello University 

Photo: Facebook

Not gonna lie, this one is here because I’ve never been so happy to see green in my life. I also rate their decision to go with a single dominant colour.

9. Imo State University

Photo source: Nairaland

The red custom hood is giving something about Christmas church decor that I can’t shake. But yes, they also make it to this spot in the list just because they’re not affiliated with any shade of blue.

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8. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho

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If you can ignore the chaotic lemon and purple thing going on, they get a B- for daring to be different. 

7. Ekiti State University

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In case you haven’t already noticed, the choice of colour is an important, albeit by accident, criterion for this list since most schools move like blue fabric is the only one in the market. EKSU gets a B+ for this combo. 

6. University of Ibadan

Photo source: UNIBADAN

More navy blue for my already tired eyes.

5. University of Benin

Photo source: UNIBEN

They kinda ate with this. Or are my eyes deceiving me? Because lilac and purple is an elite combo.

4. Bayero University 

Photo source: Bayero University

When I want to look at it, my head will be headaching me. Let’s just agree they made it this far up the list because my eyes were slightly closed. Also, we already agreed to rate people with uncommon colours, right?

3. Federal University of Agriculture, Funaab

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It’s heavy on primary colours but I think this gown gives a chance for stylish students to shine. 

2. University of Lagos

Photo source: UNILAG

UNILAG can disguise all they want. We can agree the only reason their convocation gown looks like IT is because their students are stylish AF. But we’re still judging the yellow and wine combo sha.

1. University of Port Harcourt

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A Nigerian university with a black graduation gown? You’ll have to unalive my enemies to make me remove UNIPORT from this spot. They ate, swallowed and shat convocation high fashion. I have no choice but to stan!

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