The Lagos State University Students Union
(LASUSU) on Friday urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode
to end the lingering crisis between the institution’s
vice-chancellor and the staff unions.
LASUSU’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Adebanjo
Fatai, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Lagos that Ambode should step into the matter to
disallow it from getting out of hand.
Fatai said that LASUSU was in support of the
protest by the National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS), Zone D, on Aug. 20, to call the
governor’s attention to LASU’s crisis.
He said that the protest at the Ojo campus of LASU,
during which its gate was barricaded for hours, was
not aimed at attacking the staff unions or any other
personality.
“NANS intervened to call on the governor for an
action, and not to attack the staff unions. So, their
action should not be misinterpreted.
“LASUSU is a sister union under the umbrella of
NANS Zone D, including 21 other institutions within
the geographical location. So, its intervention to lift
our plight was just.
“The crisis in LASU has been on ground for the past
six months, while the governor assumed office three
months now.
“The students, therefore, expect the governor to take
a decision to end the rift,’’ the LASU students’
spokesman said.
Fatai said the union was not interested in the
removal or reinstatement of the Vice-Chancellor,
Prof. John Obafunwa, as desired by the staff unions.
“All we want is the re-opening of the Senate
chambers and the Administrative Block, as the
continuous lock of the building was affecting the
students both academically and administratively ,”
he said.
The PRO lamented that LASU was suffering from
partial stroke as a result of the continuous closure
of the Senate chambers and the Administrative
building.
“Presently, the 100 Level Law students had not been
enrolled because the documents for their
accreditation had been locked in the administrative
block.
“There are also cases of mass failure in all the
departments because the Senate could not sit on
students results,” he said.
Fatai said that the state government, through
Deputy Gov. Idiat Adebule, however, intervened to
stop the Aug. 20 protest, with the reopening of the
university, after being shut for hours.
The deputy governor had invited the union for
discussions to resolve the crisis, which shows that
the NANS Zone D protest had begun to yield
positive results already.
(LASUSU) on Friday urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode
to end the lingering crisis between the institution’s
vice-chancellor and the staff unions.
LASUSU’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Adebanjo
Fatai, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Lagos that Ambode should step into the matter to
disallow it from getting out of hand.
Fatai said that LASUSU was in support of the
protest by the National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS), Zone D, on Aug. 20, to call the
governor’s attention to LASU’s crisis.
He said that the protest at the Ojo campus of LASU,
during which its gate was barricaded for hours, was
not aimed at attacking the staff unions or any other
personality.
“NANS intervened to call on the governor for an
action, and not to attack the staff unions. So, their
action should not be misinterpreted.
“LASUSU is a sister union under the umbrella of
NANS Zone D, including 21 other institutions within
the geographical location. So, its intervention to lift
our plight was just.
“The crisis in LASU has been on ground for the past
six months, while the governor assumed office three
months now.
“The students, therefore, expect the governor to take
a decision to end the rift,’’ the LASU students’
spokesman said.
Fatai said the union was not interested in the
removal or reinstatement of the Vice-Chancellor,
Prof. John Obafunwa, as desired by the staff unions.
“All we want is the re-opening of the Senate
chambers and the Administrative Block, as the
continuous lock of the building was affecting the
students both academically and administratively ,”
he said.
The PRO lamented that LASU was suffering from
partial stroke as a result of the continuous closure
of the Senate chambers and the Administrative
building.
“Presently, the 100 Level Law students had not been
enrolled because the documents for their
accreditation had been locked in the administrative
block.
“There are also cases of mass failure in all the
departments because the Senate could not sit on
students results,” he said.
Fatai said that the state government, through
Deputy Gov. Idiat Adebule, however, intervened to
stop the Aug. 20 protest, with the reopening of the
university, after being shut for hours.
The deputy governor had invited the union for
discussions to resolve the crisis, which shows that
the NANS Zone D protest had begun to yield
positive results already.