LASU VC: I Have No Anointed Candidate, Sanwo-Olu Declares

By Segun James

As the scheming for the much coveted Vice Chancellor’s position of the Lagos State University continues, the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared that he has no anointed candidate for the vacant post.

Governor Sanwo-Olu, who made the declaration when he received members of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities led by Professor Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo during a courtesy visit at Lagos House, Ikeja, said due process would be followed in the selection and he won’t interfere in the process.

He revealed 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 compete favourably globally.

Sanwo-Olu pledged his administration’s commitment on adequate and continued funding of tertiary institutions in the state, even as he said his administration will support the committee on its forthcoming sixty year anniversary celebration.

Speaking earlier, the leader of the Committee, thanked the Governor for the great job especially during the volatile and uncertain time as well as the handling of COVID 19 pandemic, education, traffic Management, infrastructural development, on the proposed fourth Mainland Bridge among others.