VC to govt: help reclaim school land, others

• Published date: 02 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bidemi Lafiaji-Okuneye has asked the government to help reclaim the swampy portion of the university's land at Otto-Ijanikin campus, control encroachment at the Noforija campus, and do proper landscaping.

She spoke on Tuesday at the institution's maiden matriculation where a total of 3,300 matriculated.

The Acting VC also appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to build in each of the two campuses a 1,000 capacity lecture theatre, standard senate building and main auditorium.

Lafiaji-Okuneye noted that over 8,000 candidates appliedfor admission,but could only admit 3,300 students based on the resource verification conducted by the National Universities Commission(NUC).

She said only the best candidates, who had been found successful in United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the simple screening conducted by the university, were admitted.

'Students have been admitted into the various colleges where their programmes are domiciled, such as: College of Humanities Education, College of Science Education and College of Management and Social Sciences...