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If LASU Must Excel By Olanrewaju Osho
The pattern or trend of cancelling the second selection process to the discerning minds clearly revealed that there is more to the governor’s decisions to cancel the two processes and opt for the special visitation panel than meets the eye. What the real intentions are may yet be unfolded at the end of this system inflicted imbroglio.
by Olanrewaju Osho
May 15, 2021
The drama Mr Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu had been performing in the selection of the 9th Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU) is intriguing, incredulous and insalubrious. The scripting of the drama probably began hours after the recommendations of the joint selection panel of the University reached his table, but the drama itself started seventeen days after Mr Governor had received the recommendations. Rather than picking any of the top three candidates recommended to him, he elected to follow the June 12 style of President Badamasi Babangida to annull
EXCLUSIVE: LASU VC Appointment: Visitation panel recommends new selection process
The panel has also recommended the engagement of consultants to join a new joint council and senate selection committee to be inaugurated by the university’s governing council.
The controversies over the appointment of 9th substantive vice-chancellor at the
Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, may yet be far from being over as the visitation panel appointed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has recommended jettisoning of the report of the second selection process,
The panel, headed by the Pro-Chancellor of the Ekiti State University and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Bamitale Omole, on Monday submitted a three-volume report to Mr Sanwo-Olu containing its recommendations on ways towards resolving the lingering crisis over the appointment, among other pertinent issues.
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A disagreement over levies between commercial motorcyclists (popularly known as Okada) and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers on Monday snowballed into a violence that led to irate youth attempting to force their way into the Lagos State University, Ojo.
A viral video on social media showed angry youth vandalising properties, including vehicles, just outside the university campus as security agencies looked on helplessly.
“When the trouble started, I left my bus and ran away,” said Abdulrasheed Atanda, a driver at a nearby motor park whose bus was vandalsied.
Commuters stranded, shops locked as Okada riders, NURTW clash in Lagos
Selection of new LASU VC: Stakeholders call for transparency
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By Adesina Wahab
A group, The Liberators, has called on the Lagos State government to choose the best candidate for the position of the Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU, among those jostling for the position.
The group also said there should be no special consideration for any contender.
This followed the Computer-Based Test conducted for the shortlisted candidates on Thursday at the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Ikeja.
Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in LASU, Prof. Ibrahim Bakare, urged the Visitor to the institution, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to select the best candidate who would not only maintain the peace being enjoyed now but prioritise workers’ welfare and take the institution to enviable heights.