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LASU immortalises late pioneer VC, Prof Olumide
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni
After announcing the death of Lagos State University, LASU, pioneer Vice-Chancellor, VC, Professor Folabi Olumide, at 81 years of age, on Friday, the current VC, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun(SAN), named the institution’s health centre after him.
According to Fagbohun, as a mark of honour, respect and appreciation in respect of his achievements during his stint as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University, the University Management rechristened the LASU Health Centre as “Folabi Olumide Health Centre”.
Fagbohun, in a statement, said Professor Olumide died in the early hours on Friday, January 8, after a brief illness.
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FORMER Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola and a former Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, Professor Abisogun Leigh, have openly declared that the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun did better for LASU than any of his predecessors.
They gave the remarks separately at a recent valedictory lecture delivered by Professor Fagbohun, who by next Monday, January 11 would bow out of the institution, having completed his five-year single tenure as the eighth substantive vice-chancellor of LASU.
Professor Okebukola, who is currently the Director of Africa Centre of Excellence for Innovative and Transformative STEM Education at LASU was a former vice-chancellor of the university in acting capacity and was there briefly, while Professor Leigh was the vice chancellor from 2001 to 2005.
By Funmi Ogundare
Lagos State University (LASU) is set to graduate a total of 8,959 graduates with 76 bagging First class honours degree in various faculties of the institution which is the highest in its history.
Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, who briefed journalists on its 24th convocation ceremonies for the 2018/2019 academic session which will kick-off with a convocation cup competition for staff on March 20, said the ceremony will witness some infrastructure/street naming ceremony after individuals who have contributed immensely to LASU.
They include: Deji Femi-Pearse, Akin Kekere- Ekun, Bode Augusto, Akibo Savage, Isiaka Ishola Oluwa. Others are: Kehinde Williams, Omotayo Seriki, J.K Randle and Adebayo Ninalowo.
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Outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun, in this exclusive interview by Tunbosun Ogundare, speaks on how the university, for the first time in history, ran a crisis-free five-year academic sessions ; what its second best ranking status in Nigeria has brought to the table and why he has no favourite among professors competing to succeed him. Excerpts:
How much power have you been wielding as the VC while running the affairs of LASU?
Well, I won’t say I have no power as the vice-chancellor. But in LASU and under my leadership, we make decisions at committee levels. Even if the vice-chancellor has an idea, the university is the priority. LASU takes precedence over any other interests. So, ideas from any officer and even students will be sold to relevant committee within the system for deliberation and funding. We ensure we get at least the majority to show the direction to go. By the time an idea becomes a policy