Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday promised students of the new Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUST), Ikorodu, that he would reduce their tuition fees.
Mr Sanwo-Olu told the students during a stop at the varsity’s Ikorodu campus, while on his way to the commissioning of the new plant of Kimberly-Clark Factory in Odonguyan, of his intention to make LASUST one of the best universities in Nigeria.
“We know you have a small concern about your school fees, we are going to look at it and we are going to bring it down. We are going to be building this university that would be bigger than even LASU very soon,” Sanwo-Olu assured.
The governor had on February 8 received from the National Universities Commission (NUC) certificates of operation for two new Lagos universities, LASUST and Lagos State University of Education (LASUED).
With the issuance of clearance certificates of operation by NUC, Lagos State University of Education is now the 56th state university and 204th university in Nigeria, as well as the second university of education in Nigeria while LASUST is 57th state university and 205th university in Nigeria.
The two universities are in addition to the existing Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, established in 1982 by the first civilian governor of Lagos, the late Lateef Jakande. Lagos State now has three state-owned universities.
