Kunle ADELABU
The First Secretary to the Lagos State Government, former Commissioner for Education and former Chairman, Governing Council of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, His Eminence (Asiwaju) Reuben Olorunfunmi Basorun, has urged the management of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, to endeavor to give recognition to its founding fathers.
Basorun, who is also a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), the highest decision making body of the Lagos State’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), drawn the attention of the institution’s management to this lapses during an exclusive interview he granted THE IMPACT to mark his 80th birthday celebration in his country home in Igbogbo, Ikorodu division.
While explaining the formation of LASU during his tenure as the Commissioner of Education in the state during the interview, he stated that he started the work that shaped the state owned institution.
“I later became Commissioner for Education and by that appointment, I became the Chairman, Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU). The institution was in the making then.
“In actual fact, I started the work that shaped the establishment of LASU. Thank God, it is now one of the best Universities in Nigeria”.
The APC Chieftain stated that he had called the attention of the school management to its failure to recognize those that actually nurtured the institution from the beginning but all to no avail.
Basorun challenged the management to check their records to see those that actually conceived the idea of establishing the institution and brought it into being for proper recognition.
He deplored the situation where the institution does not even invite him and other people who governed LASU at inception to their programmes.
“I only have to mention this again to those in-charge of the school. They have not really gone into the archive to see how we started the school which is why they have not been recognizing our contributions.
“They don’t extend ordinary invitation to us for their convocations even after we had mentioned it to them. They should correct that because it’s important”.
