The gale of reforms sweeping Lagos State University (LASU) has received official recognition with the conferment of national productivity award on the vice
Since Professor Olatunji-Bello’s assumption of office in 2021, LASU has recorded significant milestone. Within three months in office, the university was able to secure accreditations for 31 programmes from the National Universities Commission and relevant professional bodies. A feat unprecedented for any sitting vice chancellor in history.
Within the first year, LASU under Professor Olatunji-Bello also secured approval from the university’s Governing Council and Senate to establish and run the three faculties and a school. They include the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences; Faculty of Pharmacy; Faculty of Environmental Sciences and School of Library, Archival and Information Science which is the first in West Africa and second in Africa.
Currently, the Faculties and School are at various stages of take-off, with pioneer Acting Deans appointed to midwife the commencement of studies. Professor Olatunji-Bello’s Midas touch has also rubbed off on the university’s satellite campus at Epe with the establishment of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences to incorporate Civil Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering.
In 2022, LASU attracted seven new international students from Ghana to the Africa Centre of Excellence for Innovative STEM Education .
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