Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday declared pointedly that he has no anointed candidate for the vacant post of Vice-Chancellor (VC) at the Lagos State University (LASU).
He urged that due process be followed in selection as he won’t interfere in the exercise that would lead to the appointment of the substantive VC of the state-owned institution.
Governor Sanwo-Olu gave this position while receiving members of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities led by Professor Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo during a courtesy visit at Lagos House, Ikeja.
The governor insisted that he did not have any personal interest in who becomes LASU’s VC, adding that due process must be followed in that regard.
This was just as he assured that his administration was poised to support the committee on its forthcoming 60th anniversary celebration, and the association to get back the title document of its property which it lost.
Sanwo-Olu also pledged his administration’s commitment to the adequate and continued funding of tertiary institutions in the state, even as disclosed that plans were in top gear to establish two additional universities of technology and education in the state which would enable the leaders of tomorrow to compete favourably globally.
Speaking earlier, the leader of the Committee, thanked the governor for a great job, especially during the volatile and uncertain time as well as his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, education, traffic management, infrastructural development, the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge, among others.
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