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Gideon Adonai Senate of the Lagos State University, LASU has at its Special Meeting held virtually on Monday, 16th December, 2024, confirmed to academics as candidates to jostle for the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Orangesprings Blog understands. The Senate recalled that at its 316th Statutory Meeting held on Thursday, 28th November, 2024, it had approved the schedule of activities for election to the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) and invited applications from interested professors for the position. According to the communique obtained Sunday by our reporter, the Senate, during consideration, noted that: i) Two (2) professors had shown interest to vie for the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) and submitted their applications to the official email address of the Vice-Chancellor as required. ii) The professors who showed interest are: a). Prof. Oseni Taiwo AFISI, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts;  b). Prof. Maruf Suraqat AN...

Gideon Adonai   The Lagos State Government has approved the demands of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of University Staff Unions, following the strike action initiated on Friday, December 6, 2024. The unions, which include ASUU, SSANU, NASU, and NAAT, had presented their requests through the university management to the state government. The Steering Committee considered the demands and submitted recommendations, which were approved by the Lagos State Executive Council (EXCO) as follows: 1. Increase in Subvention: a. That the Lagos State Government (LASG) will bear half of the total sum of N209,876,162.7 (Two Hundred and Nine Million, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Six Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty-Two Naira, and Seventy-Five Kobo) being the shortfall in respect of the increment in the wages of its workforce, both academic and non-academic staff. b. That the total sum of N104,938,082.38 (One Hundred and Four Million, Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand, Eighty-Two Naira and Thir...

The Joint Action Committee of all staff unions in Lagos State University has resolved to continue its ongoing strike action until the university management addresses its demands on salary harmonisation and increment. The unions, comprising the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, National Association of Academic Technologists, and Non-Academic Staff Union, rejected the new salary structure proposed by the university management. In a statement signed by the chairmen and secretaries of the unions, they demanded that the university management provide a template for the new salary structure to enable them to determine its financial implications. The unions also demanded that the December salary and 2024 end-of-year bonus be paid based on the existing salary structure, considering the upcoming festivities. The statement read in part, “The ongoing strike action should subsist pending provision of the template of the new salary structure tha...

Gideon Adonai   The Lagos State University (LASU) has once more emerged the best university in the 49 countries which make up the Sub-Saharan Africa in the just released Universitas Indonesia (UI) GreenMetric World University Rankings 2024. According to the latest UI ranking, LASU is also retaining its coveted slot as the Best University in Nigeria for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023). In an announcement that was made through a live broadcast from Universidade São Paulo by the global ranking body on Thursday, 12th December 2024, the Lagos State -owned institution has also emerged the 23rd best university in Africa from the 25th spot, and 709th from 761st global position it held in 2023. The ranking, which is now in its 15th edition, showcases 1,477 institutions across 95 countries, making it one of the most credible global university ranking systems dedicated to assessing the sustainability performance of institutions worldwide. LASU’s latest ranking in the UI GreenMetric Worl...