Lagos Assembly probes delayed results in LASU

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Wahab Alawiye-King


EROMOSELE EBHOMELE

The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria has begun a probe into the allegation that the state-owned university, LASU, has delayed the release of results of a particular set of students from the university.

The House Committee on Education, Science and Technology, chaired by Wahab Alawiye-King is to investigate the reasons for the delay in the issuance of results to students of the institution who were admitted into the institution’s part time programme for the 2005/2006 academic year.

The directive to probe the allegation, according to the House, is to ensure that issues with delay in results and other such issues are resolved.

Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King: heads the house panel
Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King: heads the house panel

In a save-our-soul petition forwarded to the Lagos Assembly by the affected students of the Ikorodu campus of the institution, they disclosed that four years after their graduation, they had done all that they could to get their results, but that each time they tried, they were frustrated by the management of the institution.

The aggrieved students said they needed the results urgently to enable some of them secure gainful employment or promotion in the case of those who are already employed.

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“We have taken several steps, both individually and collectively, to get these results but the efforts have proven abortive,” they said in the petition.

While mandating the House Committee to probe the issue and report to the House within two weeks, the committee was also asked to investigate the controversy surrounding the alleged non-payment of outstanding salary arrears of 18 months to the staff of the Lagos State College of Education.

The affected staff had in a petition to the House urged that something urgent be done to stop them from embarking on an industrial action.

The Memorandum of Understanding signed between the state government and the affected staff on 22 March, 2013 was attached to the petition.

The committee was also given two weeks to present a comprehensive report of its finding to the House.

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