LATEST ON LASU CRISIS

While speaking on LTV this morning, LASU PRO, Dr. Sola Fosudo said: "Since the House of Assembly has set up a Committee to unravel the root and remote causes of the rampage; the extent of damage done to the university and the cost implication of repairs, this would take a long time. Again, the House Committee will have to submit its report to the House, which will in turn be deliberated upon exhaustively. The House will also hand the report over to the School Management and Governing Council. The Management will submit same to the Senate, before reopening. This is not a unilateral decision to be taken by the VC alone... So you will agree with me that this process is indeed tedious. As for the reopening of the registration portal, the school will resume first before it. All the affected students will sign undertaken first, the SUG must write letter of apology; the vandalised facilities must be repaired before exams start" he said. This statement has confirmed that the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Management of Lagos State University are less concerned about the health status of the students that were injured by the tear-gas canisters shot by the men of the Police Force during the protest which led to the closure of the school. These students are currently receiving treatment in the hospital. They are also not concerned about the root cause of the crisis - the inability of some students to register before the closure of registration portal largely due to their inability to raise money on time to pay the outrageous school fees which fall between N193,000 and N350,000. This again underlines the insensitivity of our leaders to the plights of the common man. While addressing the current situation is important, the future is much more important, and i'm more concerned about the future of LASU. If the school fees remain at this level, then the last has not been heard of the LASU crisis. Students will continue to drop out of school, student population will continue to fall, revenue generation will drop, lecturers will be sacked, students and lecturers will revolt. Greatest Lasuites, please am not a prophet of doom o, i'm only saying the obvious