The management of the Lagos State University (LASU) has
closed the state-owned university indefinitely following what it termed
‘violent protest by the students”.
This decision was contained in a
bulletin, dated 23rd January, 2013, titled LASU management Closes
University indefinitely.
The statement reads, “In the wake of
the violent protest by some affected students of Lagos State University (LASU)
over the closure of the university portal for registration of courses for rain
semester 2012/2013 examination, the university management has decided to shut
down the university indefinitely. Also, examinations have been put off till
further notice.
With this decision, students are
expected to vacate the university premises until further notice”.
It will be recalled that the
students staged a peaceful protest on Wednesday, 22nd January over
the closure of the portal but the protest became violent on Thursday.
This came a day after the Speaker of
the Lagos State House of Assembly; Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji lauded the
students’ union for using the e-voting system to elect their officers and
advised the Prof. Jega led Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to take a
cue from the students and organize a credible e-voting elections in the country
comes 2015.
culled from Vanguard
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