Education CitizenDiary February 8, 2022 0 Comments

NUC approves conversion of LASPOTECH into university

The National Universities Commission, NUC has approved the conversion of Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH to Lagos State University of Science and Technology.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu received the certificate of recognition on Tuesday from the National Headquarters of the commission in Abuja.

Rector of the institution, Dr Oluremi Olaleye thanked the governor for the upgrade.

He said: “Lagosians are happy because the gesture will put Lagos on the global map of educational development, not minding the resources the governor has been putting in over the years. The workers and students of the polytechnic appreciate Mr. Governor and also the Special Adviser on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, for delivering this project.

“Wahab didn’t do it officially; he did it passionately as if his life depended on it. We thank him and we are sure his name has been written in gold. History will continue to remember them for this wonderful development they have brought to the state.”

Olaleye also thanked the Speaker of the House of Assembly Mudashiru Obasa and the chairman, House Committee on Education, Owolabi Ajayi, for their foresight and resoluteness in ensuring the passage of the bill which made the upgrade possible.

*L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed during the official recognition and collection of certificates for the two new Lagos Universities recently signed into law, at the NUC Office, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, 08 February 2022.

Sanwo-Olu had assented to the bills passed by the House of Assembly converting LASPOTECH to Lagos State University of Science and Technology, while Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOD) and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCOPED) were merged to become Lagos State University of Education.