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  • LASU VC assures students of competitive learning environment

    LASU VC assures students of competitive learning environment

    Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has assured the students that learning environment would remain conducive and competitive.

    She spoke yesterday at the 2024 Students’ Orientation Programme of LASU School of Basic and Advanced Studies (LASUSBAS) campus in Badagry.

    The V-C, represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Prof Adenike Boyo, said the welfare of the students remained their top priority.

    “Our vision is to become the best university in West Africa, and you our dear students, are an integral part of that vision.

    “Hence, what we have provided to make your one year journey on this campus successful are the best of both human and material resources available.

    “Our teaching and non-teaching workers are not only here to impart knowledge and sound moral to you, they are also here in place of locus parentis.

    “This is to help you provide guidance and direction whenever the need arises,” she said.

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    On the LASUSBAS programme, she said it was to boost students’ knowledge in order to be well placed to gain admission for degree courses in LASU.

    “Today, we hold another orientation programme for our new intakes in what has become a tradition of excellence in this school.”

    “I heartily rejoice with our new students on your admission into the LASUSBAS programme.

    ‘Many of you are here to boost your knowledge in order to be well placed to gain admission into our university.

    “I like to assure you that you and your parents have made the right decision.”

    The Director, LASUSBAS, Prof. Yunus Dauda, said they were grateful to Prof. Olatunji-Bello for providing the school with the necessary inspiration, support, cooperation, resources and an enabling environment to achieve its objective.

    He urged the university management to consider the provision of more classrooms and a befitting clinic for students and workers of LASUSBAS, among others.

  • Institute  honours LASU Bursar

    Institute  honours LASU Bursar

    The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Ojo, Badagry, Agbara (Oba) & District Society has honoured the Bursar of Lagos State University (LASU), Mr. Said Babatunde Olayinka.

     He was presented with  ‘Distinguished Role Model’ award in a ceremony to mark the institute’s 10th anniversary at the weekend in Lagos.

    Other distinguished recipients of the award  included,  Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun;  Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Lagos State, Cornelius Ojelabi, among others.

    Olayinka expressed delight at being recognised by the institute for the first time.

    “ICAN is reputable. Apart from any other certifications which are based on examinations, this is the first time to be honoured. And for the body as ICAN to honour you means you are very dear to them. You must have contributed positively towards the development and growth of the nation,” he said.

    The LASU Bursar reiterated his commitment to being a role model for others and make positive impact

    “I want to encourage other members that they can surpass this height that I have attained. This type of award is the recognition of your contribution, which means if you also contribute towards society development or to the institute, you will be recognised.

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    ‘’When you are contributing positively towards the growth and development of the society and they recognise you, this is beyond money because it is precious and priceless. I can say it is an asset to me as an accountant. It enhances your profile. So I am so happy,” he said.

    On  ethical standards upheld by ICAN members, he said: “It will be difficult for a member of ICAN to be involved in anything that is fraudulent or that is against the ethics of the profession. It is about accuracy and integrity. And if a member misbehaves in any way, he or she will face the panel.”

    Olayinka said by the development, he has become the first LASU Bursar to be  honoured by ICAN, though not the first ICAN-Chartered Bursar of the university.

    Vice Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, hailed  congratulate the bursar, charging him to be more committed to being an impactful role-model as he has always been.

    He thanked  the VC and the university community for the support and love shown to him.

  • LASU VC hails Gbajabiamila for donating facility to varsity

    LASU VC hails Gbajabiamila for donating facility to varsity

    • By Abike Sanusi

    Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has praised  Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt  Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila for donating a conference centre to the university.

    The Vice Chancellor believes that this donation will greatly contribute towards meeting the critical infrastructural needs of LASU campus.

    Speaking at the inauguration of the Femi Gbajabiamila Conference Centre on LASU main campus, Prof. Olatunji-Bello, noted that the facility is a critical infrastructural intervention at a time the need for conducive spaces to carry out administrative and social engagements continues to grow with increase in staff and student population.

    The VC described the centre which was inaugurated by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as a beautiful edifice and a  unique architectural monument that has enhanced the aesthetic landscape of the university,adding that it is a thing of pride to showcase it to visitors.

    She  said: “Today is a historic day for us in LASU; being the day we will be taking ownership of this beautiful edifice generously donated through the goodwill of our benefactor, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to the university. Indeed, there is no better way to start 2024 than with the inauguration of this facility. We have looked forward to it for a long time, and we are glad the day is finally a reality.

    “More importantly, this facility is a critical infrastructural intervention at this time when our need for condusive spaces to carry out administrative and social engagements continues to grow as our staff and students’ population increases. It is, therefore, a welcome addition to our infrastructural facilities, and we are happy to have it. Indeed, this is the best new year gift that we can ask for. 

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    “It  is worth stating that the Lagos State Government under the dynamic leadership of Mr. Governor has over the years invested heavily in infrastructure and facilities at the Lagos State University and in our other campuses, a huge intervention that is self-evident all over our campuses. Despite this, there is still a gap between where we are and where we want to be. This donation today, and others like this, will go a long way in ameliorating the critical infrastructural needs on our campuses

    “All over the world, universities depend on donations from privileged individuals and organisations to provide quality education to learners. These philanthropic acts benefit society. This donation is, therefore, an investment in the future of students who study in this great university and an investment in the future of our dear state.”

    Olatunji-Bello thanked  Gbajabiamila for bringing the project to LASU, adding that with the  act of altruism, he has  inscribed his name in gold in the history of the university forever with a  lasting legacy for unborn generations.

    She recalled that the erstwhile Speaker had also donated a wifi facility around campus from which students have benefitted and an equipment for the digitalisation of the university records, an act that has proved  instrumental in the school’s digitalisation drive.

    The VC assured that the facilities would  be put to good use, while looking forward to more  interventions from the donor.

  • LASU unveils app for workers

    LASU unveils app for workers

    Lagos State University (LASU) has launched an application called LASU Staff Corner for staff members.

    Christened the LASU Staff Corner, the app was created by the Directorate of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

    Its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, who unveiled the app at the Senate Chamber of the university, said it was designed to enhance workers’ productivity and help them understand the rules and regulations  of the institution.

     She also said the app will help with information, policies, laws and guidelines for the staff.

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    Prof. Olatunji-Bello added: “The app serves as a virtual gateway to our vibrant academic community, offering a window into the heart and soul of our institution. The app will include information and resources that embody our policies and operational principles as approved by law and as entrenched in our commitment to excellence in education, research, and community engagement.”

     The VC praised the Director of ICT, Prof. Toyin Enikuomehin and his team for an excellent job.  The app could be downloaded through the varsity’s website, www.lasu.edu.ng, and is on android.

    She said the App can be downloaded and installed through the university’s website, www.lasu.edu.ng, and is available to Android users only.

    The application launch was well attended by members of the management team, professors, directors, deans, academic and non-academic staff of the university.

  • Charity Golf tourney for cancer patients ends in style

    Charity Golf tourney for cancer patients ends in style

    By Onyewuchi Nwachukwu

    The organisers of For The Love Of Golf Initiative,  an annual event held to support paediatric cancer patients, have promised to identify indigent children living with the dreaded disease and assist in their treatment.

    Coordinator of For The Love Of Golf project, Ejiro Ogomigo, said as much  during the closing ceremony of the Season Four which ended over the weekend at the Ikeja Golf Club.

    Ogomigo said proceeds made from golfers who registered to play at the tournament and funds raised from corporate sponsors , were  in the past used to procure cancer equipment for selected University Teaching Hospitals including  LUTH, LASU and UCH.

    But Ogomigo  said the NGO would henceforth  adopt a direct assistance of indigent paediatric cancer patients.

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    “Before now, we donated equipment to teaching hospitals and when people demanded for assessment of our impact, it becomes impossible to quantify,” he said. “But with the direct assistance, we can beat our chest and say that we have saved so and so number of lives.

    “So, what it means is that we will start the direct assistance of indigent paediatric cancer patients and follow through until they are declared cancer free “

    He also thanked the individual and corporate donors for helping to make this year’s edition of the event a huge success.

    “I want to thank our corporate and individual donors. It’s not very easy to get money from people these days considering the present economic realities.

    “I’m filled with gratitude that my job was made easy and I didn’t have to roll on the ground to get money for this tournament.

    “We may have started in a small way but our dream is to make large impact,” he added.

    The founders of For The Love Of Golf tournament, Dr. Adesola Falaiye expressed her delight at the successful completion of Season Four of the charity event and promised everyone who contributed money that every penny they got will be accounted for.

    “I really appreciate the individuals and corporate bodies that supported us to make this dream a reality.

    “On behalf of the steering committee, I promise all our sponsors that we won’t betray their trust. We will account for every penny that they have put into this project.

    “This is just the beginning, I look forward to us celebrating fifty years of this initiative” she stated.

    Earlier, the captain of the Ikeja Golf Club, Olusina Akinyemi commended the passion that Dr Falaiye has showed in putting smiles on the faces of paediatric cancer patients in the country and promised that the club will continue to support her and her crew to keep the tournament active over the years.”

    Awards were later given to winners in various categories like the male, female and corporate events.

    The highpoint of the programme was the handing over of the ECG machines and the cardiac monitors to the management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan who were beneficiary of the equipments procured for this year’s edition.

    Some of the sponsors that supported the initiative  were Yoke Solutions, ADL Solutions, Acutech Support Systems, QSHOP Nigeria Ltd, Powertrac Machinery & Inv. Co Ltd, Jite Projekts Ltd, Xpress Payment Solutions, Afkar Prints, 7star Global Airlines, Justrite, Rite Foods, Golf View.

    For the Love Of Golf Initiative was founded in 2020 by a remarkable golfer who is also the Managing Director of Afkar Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Dr Adesola Falaiye.

    Dr Falaiye deployed her network in the golf community to bring together like -minded individuals who all share a love for charity and strive to make the world a better place for paediatric cancer patients.

  • 63-year-old man graduates from LASU after 19 years of studentship, seeks employment

    63-year-old man graduates from LASU after 19 years of studentship, seeks employment

    After nearly two decades of academic perseverance, Balogun Olujide, a rat poison seller at the BRT bus terminal in Oshodi has graduated from Lagos State University (LASU).

    Now 63 years old, Olujide gained admission into the Lagos State University (LASU) during the 2004/2005 academic session for a four-year degree programme but graduated in 2023.

    His educational journey began with a successful WAEC examination in 1993 after spending 19 years in secondary school.

    Subsequently, he gained admission to LASU for a diploma course in 1998.

    Following the completion of the diploma in philosophy, he gained admission to the Department of History and International Studies through Direct Entry in the 2004/2005 academic session.

    The recent graduate, who narrated his ordeal explained that the delay was due to a case of missing grade which tarry for long.

    He said: “I got admission into Lagos State University in 2004 to study History and International Studies. But before then I had a diploma certificate in philosophy. It was a 2-year course.

    “Having been admitted in the 2004 academic session, I was to graduate in 2008 but due to challenges relating to my results, I couldn’t and I ended up spending 19 years for a four-year degree programme. I had missing results and I was told I couldn’t graduate until issues relating to my results were resolved.

    “I wrote several letters to my Head of Department at the time, who told me that my studentship had elapsed. Instead of six years maximum year for a degree programme, I had spent 12 years. So he said there was nothing he could do. This was in 2016.

    “I had accepted my fate and moved on with life. I engage in all sorts of menial jobs to feed my family. I continued to sell rat poison at the Oshodi BRT terminal and assisted buyers in carrying their loads at the Oyingbo market.

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    “On a fateful day at Oshodi, I saw a woman who is a senior staff member of LASU. I approached her but she couldn’t recognise me. I revisited the issues I had with my results and she offered to assist. She gave me an appointment and weeks after, a panel was set up and I was readmitted to complete my degree programme.

    “The panel told me that my studentship had elapsed but they magnanimously approved three semesters for me to complete my degree programme which I completed in 2023. In all, I spent 19 years for a degree course of four years.”

    Olujide was full of hope for a brighter and rewarding future when he eventually graduated from LASU with a pass in History and International studies but this was short-lived as he was rejected by employers of labour on the grounds of old age and lack of experience.

    He said, “I was employed as a night guard at a private residence while hoping for a better life upon the completion of my degree programme.

    “But all the companies I had written application letters to, it is either they didn’t reply or rejected me on the grounds of no experience or that I am too old to be employed. I need help because I have financial issues.

    He added: “If I can be able to get financial assistance, instead of searching endlessly for a white collar, I will concentrate on producing balm ointments.

    “While I was waiting to be cleared at LASU, during the waiting period, I had gone for training in the production of balm. However, production was impossible because I was constrained financially. There was nobody to support me financially.

    “I am hopeful of securing a better job or a helper that will donate generously so that I will be able to produce balm in large quantities. I can be reached at 08164904710. Until then, I will continue to sell teething powder and rat poison at Oshodi. I have two children, a wife, and an aged mother. I am appealing to all Nigerians for a job or financial assistance to start a trade in the absence of a salary job.”

  • LASU student wins Neurosurgery global essay competition

    LASU student wins Neurosurgery global essay competition

    A sixth-year student of Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Okoye Paul Odyras has emerged as one of the winners of the global essay competition organised by the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) foundation. EssayPro best paper writer service.

    This year’s competition drew submissions from medical students across the globe, highlighting the growing interest in Neurosurgery as a field of study.

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    The essay competition featured over 300 essay entries submitted from various countries worldwide.

    The other winner, Emmanuel Muchai is from Kenya.

    According to the foundation, this award comes with a full scholarship to travel for the 2023 Neurosurgical World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, and a $500 cash prize.

    This award was established to increase the awareness and popularity of Neurosurgery as a specialty amongst medical students and this year.

  • Satellite scandal

    Satellite scandal

    • LASU’s undercover agent exonerates VC of complicity in certificate racketeering; only part-time programmes affected

    Beyond exonerating the Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojoo, Lagos, Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, of culpability in alleged certificate racketeering in the university, it has also become clear that the racketeering, contrary to earlier media reports, was not as pervasive as it was publicised. It affected only the part-time programme of the university’s satellite campuses.

    Indeed, an undercover agent not only exonerated Prof. Olatunji-Bello of complicity in the crime, he added that she did not do anything to obstruct the company charged with unravelling the scandal.

    That the racketeering began long before her assumption of duties was underscored by the fact that the university had under its immediate past administration engaged the services of WealthRoot Company to act as an undercover agent to unravel the syndicates that were manipulating the university’s server and fraudulently imputing records of non-graduates of LASU as the university’s students.

    According to the detective: “WealthRoot as a company had an understanding with the university with the mandate to understudy the mode of operations of the syndicates, under-study the process of recruiting their clients, all administrative and academic processes taken by the syndicates to the point of clearance, which required to be done in person, work with security agents to wrap up the syndicates, no matter their status or any level of external connection.”

    WealthRoot’s general manager Benedict Okohnma added that “this crime and the manipulation has nothing to do with the full-time regular undergraduate academic programmes of the institution”.

    The company was also mandated to recommend measures to prevent a recurrence of such crimes in the institution and submit its findings to the management.

    Satellite campuses are designed to meet the needs of working-class people who either could not gain admission into tertiary institutions for the regular programmes, or needed to combine work with study so they could generate money to sustain themselves while their academic programmes lasted. It was therefore a win-win situation for the institutions, the students and the country at large.

    However, LASU’s satellite campuses were scrapped by John Obafunwa who was the institution’s vice chancellor from 2011 to 2015, despite what was perceived as their benefits, particularly to the university. Apparently it was the rush to clear the backlog of students who had been admitted into the campuses before they were scrapped that some of the university’s former members of the staff exploited in order to make money illegally at the expense of the integrity of the university’s certificates.

    In its bid to get to the root of the matter, the university has suspended the dean of student affairs, Prof. Tajudeen Olumoko, pending the conclusion of the investigation. It also said it has put in place measures to fortify the certificate collection process in the university. These should be scrupulously adhered to.

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    We commend all those who have kept the matter alive since 2020 when the issue was made public. Particular mention must be made of the university’s alumni who are sufficiently embarrassed about this dent on the credibility of their alma mater. But a matter such as this would take painstaking efforts to resolve. The syndicates selling the university’s certificates would definitely cut across several sections and efforts must be made to get to the root of the matter without tainting those that know nothing about the nefarious activities of the bad eggs.

    The undercover agent said this much.

     So, contrary to the fear of cover-up, the university said it has done its part by handing over the matter to security agents. While seizing this opportunity to urge the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security operatives who have been working on the certificate scandal to expedite action so that those involved can be arrested and prosecuted, we call for a little more patience on this matter.

    LASU cannot afford to live with this stain for too long. We need an appropriate closure to the saga and this cannot happen until those involved are sanctioned to serve as deterrence not only to workers in LASU, but those in other higher institutions with proclivity for such criminality.

  • LASU VC cleared over alleged certificate racketeering

    LASU VC cleared over alleged certificate racketeering

    • ‘Scandal never happened under her watch’

    The Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU) at Ojo, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has no hand in any case of certificate racketeering, it was learnt yesterday. 

    The Nation learnt that the academic crime did not happen under her leadership as vice chancellor, according to an undercover agent.

     The detective, who exonerated Prof. Olatunji-Bello, reported that the eminent scholar was not involved in the nefarious act.

     A statement by the General Manager of WealthRoot Company, Benedict Okohnma, also explained that the vice chancellor did not prevent the investigation.

     The Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Tajudeen Olumoko, was suspended, pending the conclusion of the investigation.

     Before Prof. Olatunji-Bello came on board, LASU had worked with the organisation, under the immediate past administration of the university, to act as an undercover agent to unravel the syndicates that were manipulating the university’s server and fraudulently imputing records of non-graduates of LASU as students of the institution.

     The investigation followed a complaint by a concerned and respected alumnus of the university, who brought a case to the notice of the management.

     It was discovered that the alleged crime was only perpetrated through the university’s External System, also called satellite campuses.

     The company explained that “this crime and the manipulation has nothing to do with the full-time regular undergraduate academic programmes of the institution”.

     Also, it was discovered that members of the syndicate had worked at the university’s external systems at one point or another, thereby capitalising on the rush associated with the desire of the institution to wind up the External System and clear the backlog of yet-to-be-graduated part-time students of various external centers at that time.

     The detective added: “WealthRoot as a company had an understanding with the university with the mandate to understudy the mode of operations of the syndicates, under-study the process of recruiting their clients, all administrative and academic processes taken by the syndicates to the point of clearance, which required to be done in person, work with security agents to wrap up the syndicates, no matter their status or any level of external connection.”

     It said the university expressed its desire for a thorough job, adding that this would naturally take a longer time for the company to gather undeniable evidence against the culprits.

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     The university brought in the Department of State Services (DSS) to support the investigation alongside LASU’s security operatives while the operations lasted.

     The company was also mandated to recommend measures to prevent a repeat of such nefarious activities in the institution and submit findings to the management.

     It said: “As at the time the online media reported the matter, final reports were yet to be submitted to the university by the company, but LASU management was always updated on the progress of findings before the assumption of office of the incumbent vice chancellor and same updates have been ongoing upon the assumption of the current management.

     “It must be placed on record that we also observed that the university under the current vice chancellor recently put in place some measures to fortify the certificate collection process in the university.

     “The current management under the leadership of Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello, mni, NPOM, neither covered the matter nor shielded the alleged members of staff. 

    “The management is carrying out her obligation of the understanding between the university and WealthRoot and necessary support to the company and other agencies involved in the operations while the investigation is ongoing.”

  • LASU final year students win N200, 000 Invasion Group challenge

    LASU final year students win N200, 000 Invasion Group challenge

    Six final-year students of the Lagos State University (LASU) have won the Invasion Group Challenge with the sum of N200,000 at the National Parliamentary Summit’23, organised by the 33rd Lagos State University (LASU) Student Parliamentary Council in collaboration with The Invasion Group.

    The summit had over 50 final-year students divided into 10 different groups with different challenges to unravel and find solutions to them. It was held recently at the SUG Arena in LASU.

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    The winning group addressed Nigeria’s unemployment rate and the growing argument that Nigeria should prioritise vocational schools over universities. As the Ministers of Education, what would your recommendations to the government be?

    Each session of the summit provided valuable lessons, including The importance of Design Thinking, a problem-solving approach that focuses on human-centered solutions and fostering innovation.

    The four As that drive people: Ability, Agility, Aptitude and At the ever-competitive society.