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The truth is beginning to come to light concerning the several
allegations leveled against the
embattled Vice Chancellor of the
Lagos State University of Lagos,
Professor Lateef Hussein.The
Professor was said to have
squandered a whooping N17
billion and
another N2.5 billion since he
became the administrative head
of the institution currently under
the hammer of the National
Universities Commission (NUC).
Political watchers in the State
also believe that the VC is going
to be a subject of another
political crisis that may envelope
the State as it prepares for the
2011 elections.
While the State lawmakers want
him removed because they can
no longer bear his excesses, the
Governor, Babatunde Fashola,
says the sack of Professor
Hussein was not his priority as all
he was concerned about is
rescuing the institution from total
collapse despite the glaring
maladministration of the school
since 2005.
Many do not know why he was
allegedly dictatorial or why he
acted with impunity till the
members of the State House of
Assembly began to raise
eyebrow.
Huhuolnline.com has learnt that
he was completely untouchable
because of his affiliation with the
former Governor of the State
and stalwart of the Action
Congress of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu.
A source close to the Vice
Chancellor explained that the
Professor was only used as a
draining pipe.
The source who would want to
remain anonymous, further
stated that most of the funds
that were earmarked for the
development of the institution
were actually redirected to
fighting the election tribunal
cases of the ACN gubernatorial
candidates of other States
especially in the South-Western
part of the country.
According to the source,
"The VC actually had no money
to really work. Whatever amount
you hear were sent to the
school, just know that some
people somewhere had
tampered with it.
"It is quite painful that these
people who knew where the
various amount went now
turned their backs against the
innocent man.
I am quite sure they want to use
and dump him for political
reasons."
He also confided in
Huhuonline.com that it would be
difficult to sack the VC as he
may be forced to expose some
people who have their fingers
soiled in the issue.
"Believe me; his case is going to
be a hard nut to crack for
Governor Fashola because the
person who the Governor looks
up to for power is the same
person that the VC is placing his
hope.
He however agreed that Vice
Chancellor Hussein went beyond
his powers in the administration
of the school as he thought he
would continue to have the
support of the government that
was already handicapped due to
the interference of ex-Governor
Tinubu.
"He actually thought that since
he had secrets, they would
always allow him to have his way
but I remember warning him
especially about Dr. Abubakar
Momoh, who had long qualified
to be a Professor.
"For some reasons I may not be
able to tell you now, the political
scientist was continuously
frustrated and if not for the love
he had for the institution, he
would have long been gone,"
the source claimed.
The Speaker of the House,
Adeyemi Ikuforiji, while
reprimanding the VC when he
was summoned to the House
early this week, reminded him of
how he appealed on behalf
Momoh who is a notable Political
Scientist.
The speaker said he was
surprised that months after the
appeal, the VC had decided to
do his own wish making the
lawmakers look stupid.
The current move by the State
Governor to downplay the
instruction on the sack of the VC
by the lawmakers may soon
pitch him against them politically
as the Speaker is known to be a
fierce fighter.
More would be known on this
issue when the lawmakers
resume from their two weeks
recess on November 8th this
year.
However, this is not the first time
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will employ
unlawful means to achieve a
valid course. Recall that during
Sanni Abacha`s regime, Senator
Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who was
exiled in Chicago, Illinois, USA;
illegally sold controlled
substance (white heroin), and
allegedly used earnings from it
to finance NADECO activities.
Abridged Text of Bola
Tinubu`s Conviction
‘‘The United States of America,
by its attorney, Michael J.
Shepard, United States Attorney
for Northern District of Illinois,
for its verified complaint of
forfeiture, states as follows: 1.
This is a FORFEITURE action
under 21 U.S.C , ss88 and 18, ss
981,
2. The DEFENDANT funds are
located in the above-described
accounts and were SEIZED
pursuant to PROCESS ISSUED
BY THIS COURT,
4, beginning as early as 1998,
Adegboyega Mueez Akande,
WITH OTHERS OPERATED a
organisation (sic) which
DISTRIBUTED WHITE HEROIN, a
controlled substance under Title
21 of the United States Code.
5, this DISTRIBUTION
OPERATION was conducted on
a LARGE SCALE and the
PROCEEDS of the operation
SUBSTANTIAL. The defendant
funds represent proceeds of this
OPERATION of property
involved in MONEY
LAUNDERING.
6, the defendant funds
represent proceeds of
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING ,
and , MONEY LAUNDERING,
the funds are therefore
FOREFEITABLE to the United
States, JUDGEMENT: j, Neither
a claim nor answer has been
filed on behalf of the defendant
funds, accordingly, it hereby
ORDERED that the funds in the
AMOUNT of $460,000 in
account, in the name of BOLA
TINUBU represents proceeds of
NARCOTICS or were involved in
financial transactions in violation
of 18 U.S.C ss 1956 and 1957
and therefore these funds are
forfeit to the United States, ’’
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De-accreditation Of
Courses By NUC
Compounds LASU
Crisis
The recent accreditation exercise
by the National Universities
Commission (NUC) in the
nation's tertiary sub-sector saw
some institutions losing many of
the major courses. TAIWO
OGUNMOLA reports that LASU is
on the brink of crisis as a result
of many of its courses, which
were denied accreditation by the
NUC visiting panel.
Accreditation of courses for
Nigerian universities by the
National Universities Commission
(NUC) is to respond to the
challenges of enhancing quality
of university education in Nigeria.
The NUC began the accreditation
in 1990 to ensure conformity
with minimum standards and
quality education.
The accreditation exercise done
by NUC in 2005, was found to
have increased from 12.6 in
1999, to 48.5 in 2005, while the
one for programmes which were
denied accreditation decreased
from 17.9 in 1999, to 9.5 in 2005.
Federal universities had more
programmes with full
accreditation and less
programmes with denied
accreditation status. State
universities had less number of
programmes with full
accreditation and higher number
with denied accreditation status.
Generally, the results showed
that accreditation status of most
academic programmes improved
in subsequent accreditation
exercises, meaning that the
deficiencies noticed were
remedied. The number of
programmes that were denied
accreditation resulted to
reduction in the number of
vacancies for student admission.
The most recent exercises were
held in 2009/2010, and two
programmes, Masters of Business
Administration (MBA) of the
University of Abuja and
Architecture of Caristas
University, Amorji-Nike, Enugu
were closed down by the
commission. The most affected
among the universities visited by
the accreditation team is Lagos
State University (LASU), where
major courses were denied
accreditation. The affected
courses include; Business
Administration, Economics,
Banking and Finance, Sociology,
Accounting, Management
Technology, Law, Political
Science, Chemical and Polymer
Engineering and Marketing. One
other institution affected was
Redeemer University, Mowe,
Lagos which had 14 of its course
programmes denied
accreditation status.
The information concerning the
de-accreditation of courses was
published in The Guardian
newspaper of 8th October, 2010.
However touched by the
sensitivity of the issue, a Lagos
lawmaker in the House of
Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade
raised the issue at the plenary
session. In their reactions, the
lawmakers expressed worry over
the denial of accreditation of
10 courses in LASU being the
only state university in Lagos who
had earlier suffered setback in
the academic activities due to
incessant strike by the lecturers.
Agunbiade who noted that the
students are again back at home
due to strike embarked upon by
lecturers, pointed out that the
aftermath of the strike may lead
the students into prostitution
and other forms of vices.
He added that when he put calls
across to some lecturers of the
institution to find out the cause
of the denial of accreditation in
some courses, "I was told that it
has to do with insufficient
infrastructure in the school and
overcrowded classrooms among
other complaints", Agunbiade
said. The lawmaker explained
that there is the need to look
into the education with a view of
finding a lasting solution to the
sector.
The deputy speaker, Bola
Badmus-Olujobi and Babatunde
Ogala from Ikeja constituency
who both decried the situation,
suggested that the house should
call on those in charge of the
education sector to come and
explain to the house the cause
of the de-accreditation.
The majority leader, Taiwo
Kolawole explained that the
denied accreditation in some
courses is a disgrace to the state.
"I believe that the incessant
strike by lecturers could be
responsible for the denied
accreditation", he added.
After the decision of the House
members to summon the deans
of faculties of the institution and
also visit National Universities
Commission, the students last
week staged a protest to the
Lagos state House of Assembly
to call the attention of
government to their problems.
One of the students, Toriola
Abiodun who spoke with
LEADERSHIP explained that the
news of de-accrediation got to
them through their union
President, Dada Shadrack and it
was confirmed by the
newspapers.
He said; "The courses were Law,
Business Administration,
Economics, Sociology, Marketing,
Political Science, Management
Technology and others, only two
courses were left. This and other
reasons prompted us to make
the peaceful protest". Toriola
added that most professors in
the school have gone to other
universities due to in-house
problems the school are battling
with and that graduates from the
institution could not secure jobs.
He urged the state government
to find a lasting solution to their
predicaments.
The Union President, Dada
Shadrack told journalists that
they want government to
address their problems as a
matter of urgency, adding that
the future of this country is at
stake. "If 10 courses were de-
accredited in LASU then what
are we doing in the school? This
is the only university Lagos has
and nothing has been done to
avert the problems we are
urging Governor Fashola to
address the issue", he added.
Addressing the students, Hon.
Sanai Agunbiade assured the
students that Lagos House of
Assembly has set up 3-man ad-
hoc committee to meet NUC on
the dis-accreditation. The
lawmaker urged the students to
assist the House on what the
problem is and come back to
present their facts on the issue.
The house also summoned the
school's vice chancellor, deans of
all the faculties affected by the
denied accreditation, academic
staff union of universities (ASUU)
LASU chapter to appear before
the house next Tuesday. The
majority leader, Agunbiade and
Wahab Alawiye-King, the house
ad-hoc committee chairman on
education were also mandated
to get across to the NUC to find
out the cause of accreditation
denial.
The members were disturbed on
what actually prompted the
denial in 10 courses, this and
other issues calls for visitation to
NUC members in Abuja but the
lawmakers also promised to call
on the stakeholders in the state
to find a lasting solution to the
education problem in the state.
The students during the protest
visited media houses to inform
the public on what their
grievances were but it was
known to the lawmaker who
attended to them that they did
not come to cause problem
despite the fact that the
Assembly entrance was blocked
by their vehicles. All effort to
speak with the Vice Chancellor
of LASU proved abortive but the
Public Relations Officer of the
institution told LEADERSHIP
Education that whenever she has
any information related to the
issue she would contact me.
It would be recalled that the
Union and students had earlier
called for the removal of the
Vice Chancellor, Lateef Hussain
but were stopped by the House
of Assembly's intervention.
In a 76-page document entitled
"My Achievements at Lagos State
University 2005-2009" Hussein
said his achievements centered
on LASU's attainment of a
modern and well managed
institution which placed premium
on academic excellence and the
moral integrity of the students
and staff of the institution"
In achieving this target, the VC
said that his four years in the
school so far had witnessed the
establishment of a modern
information technology system
that had enhanced e-
registration, examination result
checks, effective data base,
VSAT, identity card projects and
IT laboratory. But the story was
different when members of
Lagos Assembly summoned both
the students and unions. They
proved that he has not done
anything as far as LASU is
concern.
The VC and other deans of
faculty were billed to appear
before the House last Tuesday
26 October, 2010.
Apart from LASU, other
institutions affected by the de-
accreditation by NUC were
University of Lagos (UNILAG) with
these courses Radiology,
Education economics, Business
studies, Technical education,
Home economics and Insurance.
University of Abuja, Delta state
University, University of Uyo,
Covenant University, Tai Solarin
University, University of Nigeria
Nsukka among others.
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check d thread NUC HAMMER CONPOUNDED LASU CRISIS

d sug vow to continue with d protest next week mon, lasu must resume

ASUU said d offer didnt meet their expectation

op then force u go do their p.t ?

6courses lost its accreditation including dept of insurance, dnt think they ve re-accredit it back

two ladies in my class i.e level 3 dept of accounting lasu ojo emerge overall best in aat 2010 sept diet.there name are kofo et oluwakemi oyemakinwa, these two ladies has been winning prize right frm ats 1, i can authoritatively tell u that lasu stu has been dominating ICAN ATS WINNING LIST 3years ago.

source - next news. Governor Fashola promised to
pay 25 percent
Tertiary institutions
workers reject
Fashola ’s offer
Adeola Adeyemo
December 8, 2010 11:08PM
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At a meeting of the Joint Action
Committee of tertiary institutions’
workers’ unions, on Wednesday,
the staff rejected the offer of 25
per cent salary increase to them
by the state government.
The resolution followed a
meeting on Tuesday between the
state government and
representatives of the tertiary
institutions. The meeting was
chaired by the state Governor,
Babatunde Fashola. The state-
owned tertiary institutions have
been on strike for 13 weeks
following the refusal of the state
government to implement the
signed agreement between the
staff unions of the institutions
and the federal government.
However, the proposal by the
state government regarding the
agreement was still not
favourable to the striking unions.
According to Funmi Sessi, the
Chairman of the Senior Staff
Association of Nigerian
Universities, Lagos State
University Chapter, the
governor ’s offer of 25 per cent
was very far from what the
unions were expecting.
Insufficient offer
“Governor Fashola was pleading
with us to call off the strike,” she
said. “He also informed us that
he cannot pay what the federal
government has offered us but
he is going to pay 25 per cent of
it to all workers in Lagos State. ”
She said after the meeting with
the government that the unions
were most likely not going to
accept the offer, but added that
a final decision would be made
after a meeting of all the unions.
“We would go back to our
congress and discuss the
matter, ” she said. “I strongly
believe that the unions in Lagos
State would not agree. I don ’t
feel Lagos State workers are
going to sit down. ”
Adesanya Adeyemi, the
Chairman of the Academic Staff
Union, Adeniran Ogunsanya
College of Education Chapter,
corroborated Mrs Sessi ’s views.
“The governor presented a
proposal which we are going to
present to our members at the
next meeting, ” he said. “The Joint
Action Committee is meeting
tomorrow (yesterday) in LASU
and we would have a conclusion
by then. ” He, however, said that
the unions made their
displeasure known to the
governor at the meeting when
the proposal was made. “At the
meeting, we reacted to Fashola’s
offer of 25 per cent saying that it
was not acceptable and they
should do what is expected of
them as a government, ” he said.
Pressure from students
Students of the state university
are not resting on their oars over
the matter as they carried out a
peaceful protest on the
university campus Monday, and
the following day blocked the
Lagos–Badagry Expressway. The
protest, though peaceful,
disturbed some commercial
activities within the area while it
lasted. Bello Ibrahim, Chairman
of the Nigerian Association of
Nigerian Students, Lagos State
Chapter recounted the students’
involvement in the protest. “It
involved all students including
leaders of LASU Student Union
Government, ” he said. “All
student bodies are under the
umbrella of NANS. We
barricaded both sides of the
road for one hour. Our reason is
to press home our demands of
workers welfare, adequate
funding of education in Lagos
State, conducive academic
environment and immediate
resumption. Our demands are
not just for LASU alone but
other institutions in Lagos State
that are on strike like AOCOED
and MOCPED. ”

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aluta wil spill to day 5 tmorow.

massive blackmail  going on across lag to sensitive lagosian about d military governor of lagos on what he did to education in lagos state,more road block coming sug vows.

massive blackmail of gov fashola going on across lag to sensitive lagosian about d military governor of lagos.

source .pm news Students Block Lagos-Badagry
Expressway
Protesting students of the Lagos
State University, LASU, Ojo, Lagos,
South West Nigeria, this morning
continued their demonstration
against the continued closure of
their school by blocking the ever-
busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The students, numbering about 200,
carried placards denouncing the state
government for failing to meet their
striking lecturers ’ demand.
They also vowed to mobilise other
students to stall Governor Babatunde
Fashola ’s bid for a second term in
office.
Some of the placards carried by the
students read: “LASU must resume,”
“Enough is Enough,” “Fashola, hear
our cry” and “Fashola, implement FG-
ASUU agreement.”
The protesters blocked both sides of the
expressway and kept traffic at a
standstill for one and half hour. They
threatened to make Lagos ungovernable
for the governor for refusing to meet
their lecturers ’ demand.
There was a heavy traffic gridlock along
the busy expressway as a result of the
blockade. Motorists groan as traffic
came to a standstill.
A team of policemen who came to the
scene told the students to leave the
road but they refused, saying they were
fighting a just cause.
The police later left the students to
continue the protest.
LASU lecturers and others in various
tertiary institutions in Lagos State
embarked on strike 77 days ago to
force the state government to honour
the FG-ASUU agreement as regards
improved salary and welfare of varsity
teachers.
Public Relations Officer, Students
Union , LASU, Mr. Seriki Agboola, told
P.M.NEWS that the students would
continue to block the expressway until
their school is reopened.
“If Fashola did not re-open the school
by meeting ASUU’s demand, we will
mobilize students not to register for the
forthcoming voter registration exercise
and work against his second term bid.
“We call on Lagosians to come to our
aid because Fashola said he cannot
fund education. We will make Lagos
ungovernable for Fashola if LASU did
not resume, ” he warned.
According to him, students are resolute
to pursue the cause of re-opening the
varsity to logical conclusion using every
means to achieve it. “We are tired of
staying at home,” he added.
—Kazeem Ugbodaga
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2 Responses
pls Gov.Fashola open my alma mata
it sad that 4 almost 4 months
students are at home while our
administrators it by n do nothin cos
heir hildren dont attend school in
Nigeria.s 4 d sake f humanity n our
children open m school (Lasu).
by Tamuno Stephen on Dec 8, 2010
at 3:23 pm
Aluta continua,we can not stay at
home after paying heavily to LASU.
I wrote to the governor,his deputy
and SA till now no reply.is that how
he will give lagosians Brighter
Rewarding Future with the closure of
all lagos owned tertiary institution.
by Innocent Maduka Okoro on Dec
8, 2010 at 5:14 pm
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Lasuites Speak Greatest Lasuites
we have sent out a signal to the
governor today. Lasuites are
unstoppable, Militant but
reasonable. My dear Lasuites
tomorrow 7am we are moving
down to Alausa. No School, No
Work. Fashola must Listen to Us.
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Ever reasonable lasuites,may God
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Lacream Ola Ola aluta continua
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Yemi Tayo Revolution e!
Revolution e! We dey fight mopol,
mopol ran away revolution e e e
e!
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Yemi Tayo Comrade dey pass
comrade hayaya, LASU own na
waya hayaya.
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Yemi Tayo Baba come and see o
eyo eyo eyo eyo, wetin we dey
suffer eyo eyo eyo, na so so aluta
eyo eyo eyo, na so so oppression
eyo eyo eyo.
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any how student. They must
answer us by force
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lasuites fashola must listen by fire
by force.
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wil surely b there datz y i came 2
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we have sent out a signal to the
governor today. Lasuites are
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tomorrow 7am we are moving
down to Alausa to shut it down. No School, No
Work. Fashola must Listen to Us.
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next line of action is to shutdown alausa, freedom come only by struggle,we dnt want our case to b dat of s-east strike

De-accreditation Of
Courses By NUC
Compounds LASU
Crisis
The recent accreditation exercise
by the National Universities
Commission (NUC) in the
nation's tertiary sub-sector saw
some institutions losing many of
the major courses. TAIWO
OGUNMOLA reports that LASU is
on the brink of crisis as a result
of many of its courses, which
were denied accreditation by the
NUC visiting panel.
Accreditation of courses for
Nigerian universities by the
National Universities Commission
(NUC) is to respond to the
challenges of enhancing quality
of university education in Nigeria.
The NUC began the accreditation
in 1990 to ensure conformity
with minimum standards and
quality education.
The accreditation exercise done
by NUC in 2005, was found to
have increased from 12.6 in
1999, to 48.5 in 2005, while the
one for programmes which were
denied accreditation decreased
from 17.9 in 1999, to 9.5 in 2005.
Federal universities had more
programmes with full
accreditation and less
programmes with denied
accreditation status. State
universities had less number of
programmes with full
accreditation and higher number
with denied accreditation status.
Generally, the results showed
that accreditation status of most
academic programmes improved
in subsequent accreditation
exercises, meaning that the
deficiencies noticed were
remedied. The number of
programmes that were denied
accreditation resulted to
reduction in the number of
vacancies for student admission.
The most recent exercises were
held in 2009/2010, and two
programmes, Masters of Business
Administration (MBA) of the
University of Abuja and
Architecture of Caristas
University, Amorji-Nike, Enugu
were closed down by the
commission. The most affected
among the universities visited by
the accreditation team is Lagos
State University (LASU), where
major courses were denied
accreditation. The affected
courses include; Business
Administration, Economics,
Banking and Finance, Sociology,
Accounting, Management
Technology, Law, Political
Science, Chemical and Polymer
Engineering and Marketing. One
other institution affected was
Redeemer University, Mowe,
Lagos which had 14 of its course
programmes denied
accreditation status.
The information concerning the
de-accreditation of courses was
published in The Guardian
newspaper of 8th October, 2010.
However touched by the
sensitivity of the issue, a Lagos
lawmaker in the House of
Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade
raised the issue at the plenary
session. In their reactions, the
lawmakers expressed worry over
the denial of accreditation of
10 courses in LASU being the
only state university in Lagos who
had earlier suffered setback in
the academic activities due to
incessant strike by the lecturers.
Agunbiade who noted that the
students are again back at home
due to strike embarked upon by
lecturers, pointed out that the
aftermath of the strike may lead
the students into prostitution
and other forms of vices.
He added that when he put calls
across to some lecturers of the
institution to find out the cause
of the denial of accreditation in
some courses, "I was told that it
has to do with insufficient
infrastructure in the school and
overcrowded classrooms among
other complaints", Agunbiade
said. The lawmaker explained
that there is the need to look
into the education with a view of
finding a lasting solution to the
sector.
The deputy speaker, Bola
Badmus-Olujobi and Babatunde
Ogala from Ikeja constituency
who both decried the situation,
suggested that the house should
call on those in charge of the
education sector to come and
explain to the house the cause
of the de-accreditation.
The majority leader, Taiwo
Kolawole explained that the
denied accreditation in some
courses is a disgrace to the state.
"I believe that the incessant
strike by lecturers could be
responsible for the denied
accreditation", he added.
After the decision of the House
members to summon the deans
of faculties of the institution and
also visit National Universities
Commission, the students last
week staged a protest to the
Lagos state House of Assembly
to call the attention of
government to their problems.
One of the students, Toriola
Abiodun who spoke with
LEADERSHIP explained that the
news of de-accrediation got to
them through their union
President, Dada Shadrack and it
was confirmed by the
newspapers.
He said; "The courses were Law,
Business Administration,
Economics, Sociology, Marketing,
Political Science, Management
Technology and others, only two
courses were left. This and other
reasons prompted us to make
the peaceful protest". Toriola
added that most professors in
the school have gone to other
universities due to in-house
problems the school are battling
with and that graduates from the
institution could not secure jobs.
He urged the state government
to find a lasting solution to their
predicaments.
The Union President, Dada
Shadrack told journalists that
they want government to
address their problems as a
matter of urgency, adding that
the future of this country is at
stake. "If 10 courses were de-
accredited in LASU then what
are we doing in the school? This
is the only university Lagos has
and nothing has been done to
avert the problems we are
urging Governor Fashola to
address the issue", he added.
Addressing the students, Hon.
Sanai Agunbiade assured the
students that Lagos House of
Assembly has set up 3-man ad-
hoc committee to meet NUC on
the dis-accreditation. The
lawmaker urged the students to
assist the House on what the
problem is and come back to
present their facts on the issue.
The house also summoned the
school's vice chancellor, deans of
all the faculties affected by the
denied accreditation, academic
staff union of universities (ASUU)
LASU chapter to appear before
the house next Tuesday. The
majority leader, Agunbiade and
Wahab Alawiye-King, the house
ad-hoc committee chairman on
education were also mandated
to get across to the NUC to find
out the cause of accreditation
denial.
The members were disturbed on
what actually prompted the
denial in 10 courses, this and
other issues calls for visitation to
NUC members in Abuja but the
lawmakers also promised to call
on the stakeholders in the state
to find a lasting solution to the
education problem in the state.
The students during the protest
visited media houses to inform
the public on what their
grievances were but it was
known to the lawmaker who
attended to them that they did
not come to cause problem
despite the fact that the
Assembly entrance was blocked
by their vehicles. All effort to
speak with the Vice Chancellor
of LASU proved abortive but the
Public Relations Officer of the
institution told LEADERSHIP
Education that whenever she has
any information related to the
issue she would contact me.
It would be recalled that the
Union and students had earlier
called for the removal of the
Vice Chancellor, Lateef Hussain
but were stopped by the House
of Assembly's intervention.
In a 76-page document entitled
"My Achievements at Lagos State
University 2005-2009" Hussein
said his achievements centered
on LASU's attainment of a
modern and well managed
institution which placed premium
on academic excellence and the
moral integrity of the students
and staff of the institution"
In achieving this target, the VC
said that his four years in the
school so far had witnessed the
establishment of a modern
information technology system
that had enhanced e-
registration, examination result
checks, effective data base,
VSAT, identity card projects and
IT laboratory. But the story was
different when members of
Lagos Assembly summoned both
the students and unions. They
proved that he has not done
anything as far as LASU is
concern.
The VC and other deans of
faculty were billed to appear
before the House last Tuesday
26 October, 2010.
Apart from LASU, other
institutions affected by the de-
accreditation by NUC were
University of Lagos (UNILAG) with
these courses Radiology,
Education economics, Business
studies, Technical education,
Home economics and Insurance.
University of Abuja, Delta state
University, University of Uyo,
Covenant University, Tai Solarin
University, University of Nigeria
Nsukka among others.
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day 3 of lasu revolution - right now lag -badagry road has been paralysed , student union vow to continue d struggle until govt end the 77day old strike

s-east student are really fuking
up big time,it is hightime they
take their destiny into their
hand.FREEDOM COMES ONLY
BY STRUGGLE -karl max! ALUTA
CONTINUE TOMORROW AGAIN

s-east student are really fuking up big time,it is hightime they take their destiny into their hand.FREEDOM COMES ONLY BY STRUGGLE -karl max! ALUTA CONTINUE TOMORROW AGAIN

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Seriki Agboola ▶ LASUSU
ALERT GREATEST LASUITES, The
struggle has just began, Now, the
Lecturers are feeling it, the
commercial people too in LASU
are feeling it, the Masses are also
feeling it. Now it is time for the
Government to feel it. On
monday, the school gates were
closed down, today the lagos-
badagry express way was also
closed down, the banks were told
to also close down. Greatest
Lasuites, It is high time for even
the Alausa Secretariat and the
Government House to close down
because we the students have
also closed down our academic
activities for the past 76 days.
Greatest Lasuites, it is high time
we take our destiny in our hands
and soldier for the betterment of
our future and education in
Lagos. We want to inform you all
students to come en masses, join
the struggle and fight for our
rights and justice together. Our
aim and interest is that LASU
MUST RESUME, STUDENTS MUST
HAVE AN ENCHANTMENT-FREE
ACADEMIC LIFE, we say NO TO
STRIKE. Let us all join the clarion
call to join the fight to get HITCH-
FREE ACADEMIC SESSION in
LASU.
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Seriki Agboola ▶ LASUSU
ALERT GREATEST LASUITES, The
struggle has just began, Now, the
Lecturers are feeling it, the
commercial people too in LASU
are feeling it, the Masses are also
feeling it. Now it is time for the
Government to feel it. On
monday, the school gates were
closed down, today the lagos-
badagry express way was also
closed down, the banks were told
to also close down. Greatest
Lasuites, It is high time for even
the Alausa Secretariat and the
Government House to close down
because we the students have
also closed down our academic
activities for the past 76 days.
Greatest Lasuites, it is high time
we take our destiny in our hands
and soldier for the betterment of
our future and education in
Lagos. We want to inform you all
students to come en masses, join
the struggle and fight for our
rights and justice together. Our
aim and interest is that LASU
MUST RESUME, STUDENTS MUST
HAVE AN ENCHANTMENT-FREE
ACADEMIC LIFE, we say NO TO
STRIKE. Let us all join the clarion
call to join the fight to get HITCH-
FREE ACADEMIC SESSION in
LASU.
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d protest will spill over tmorow, aluta continua

@ med - go and research well and find out d university that has d best law,lasu student  topping in law sch, who represent nig in a law quiz competition held last year in london   ? lasu.i

@ ogbe -daddy u can lie o,lasu lost 10courses and not 30,stop posting rubbish

@ ogbe -daddy u can lie o,lasu lost 10courses and not 30,stop posting rubbish

@ mr ogbeche - lasu lost 10courses and not 15,hw can they di sacredit lasu law which everybody knows is d best in d country,we are unshaken wit  NUC threat because we are not in good term with them since 2008,they should go to hell, lasu law stu are topping in law sch find out yourself

haha ! d protest will spill over till tmorow.aluta continua, nothing lik blood o

OMG heavy traffic on 3rd mainland bridge, next target is ikeja major road, govt fashola want war and we are already given him war, lasu has suffered alot frm 2005 up to date lagos state univ has strike for 22months,we are advicing d governor to closedown lasu if he cant signed d 2009 ASUU-fg agreement.