Lagos Assembly To Investigate LASU VC Crisis
By Dayo Badmus,
The Lagos State House of Assembly has ordered its Committee on Tertiary Education headed by Hon. Ajani Owolabi to investigate the cause of the delay in the selection of a new Vice Chancellor for the Lagos State University (LASU) and report back in a week.
The matter was raised under ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ by the Leader of the House, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, during plenary on Tuesday, 15 June, 2021.
The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, while giving the committee its term of reference, said that the process of picking Vice Chancellors had always been a problem in the institution.
“We eulogised LASU over its feats recently only for the issue of succession to draw the institution back.
“They have regulations on how a VC should be selected. They did a test for the people shortlisted for the office and their marks were very close to one another.
“They should have selected one of the shortlisted candidates. If you can’t pick the one that came first, you should pick the number two or number three up to number five.
“I believe that there is more to what is happening in the institution despite what we are seeing,” the Speaker said.
