\t\t\t\tI welcome you all to the 20 th Convocation Ceremony of Lagos State University. I am\u00a0particularly honoured to be presiding over this memorable occasion as the Visitor to\u00a0the University.\u00a0Upon my assumption of office as the Governor of Lagos State, I saw the urgent need\u00a0to focus on Lagos State University and quickly bring the then lingering crises in the\u00a0University to a halt.<\/p>\n

Today, we can confidently say that good reasoning has\u00a0prevailed and the crisis is behind us now.\u00a0As a government that places premium on Education, this administration carefully and\u00a0painstakingly selected and appointed an experienced Legal Icon who is passionate\u00a0about Education of the youth, in the person of retired Honourable Justice Adesola\u00a0Oguntade, as the Fourth Chancellor of Lagos State University. Same goes for the\u00a0respected men and women, who have excelled in their various fields, who constitute\u00a0the 10th Governing Council of the University.<\/p>\n

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To these distinguished Nigerians I say a big thank you for the selfless service of\u00a0gradually remodelling the future of Lagos State in particular and Nigeria in general\u00a0and for putting Lagos State on the path of further greatness through LASU.\u00a0After learning of the yearning of members of staff through their respective Staff\u00a0Unions, I assented to the bill amending the Lagos State University Law on 5th\u00a0January, 2016. With these amendments, Academic Staff of Professional Cadre can\u00a0now retire at the age of Seventy (70) years while Academic Staff of other Cadres and\u00a0Non-Academic Staff will now retire at Sixty-Five (65) years.<\/p>\n

Students can now reside on Campus and the Vice Chancellor shall henceforth hold\u00a0office for a single term of five (5) years.\u00a0In the last few months, our Government has increased the monthly Subvention of the\u00a0University while also embarking on massive infrastructural development in the Ojo\u00a0Campus of the University. These include re-laying of all the roads on Campus and\u00a0lighting up of the Campus. We are also working on the LASU Senate Building, Main\u00a0Library, Staff Quarters and the rehabilitation of LASU Waterworks, Ojo.<\/p>\n

This government has directed the Contractors handling the projects to expedite\u00a0action and handover as quickly as possible.\u00a0I am glad that the repositioning of LASU, a conscious initiative of our administration\u00a0and driven by the present Council and Management, is making a positive impact.\u00a0The University has begun to reap benefits of efforts in this regard with its recent\u00a0ranking as the best State University in Nigeria and 11 th Overall best among scores of\u00a0public Universities in the Country.<\/p>\n

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I am proud of this feat, and I congratulate the Council, Management and Senate of\u00a0LASU for this laudable achievement.\u00a0Our vision for LASU is to produce the next generation of leaders, innovators and\u00a0entrepreneurs who will not be looking for employment but be job creators and\u00a0employers of labour. With this in mind and considering the current unemployment\u00a0statistics, Lagos State Government has proactively instituted a programme that will\u00a0enable fresh graduates become job creators rather than job seekers.\u00a0This capacity building initiative tagged \u201cReady, Set, Work\u201d is targeted at final year\u00a0students in Lagos State Tertiary Institutions. This programme will enable successful\u00a0students get internship placements in high ranking corporate organizations. At the\u00a0end of the programme, those with best business ideas will get linked to major\u00a0investors and the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund. I therefore enjoin all our\u00a0final year students to avail themselves of this opportunity.<\/p>\n

The mission of the Lagos State Government is to make LASU the preferred\u00a0University of Excellence in research and human capacity building in Nigeria, Africa\u00a0and beyond. This can only be achieved when staff and students of the University\u00a0are alive to their responsibilities and are committed to serving their fatherland.<\/p>\n

As a government, we are ready to do all that is required to achieve this. We are\u00a0committed to this and will keep working to support the Governing Council,\u00a0Management and Students of the University.\u00a0I congratulate the parents and families of all our Graduands who have been found\u00a0worthy in learning and character for the award of various degrees of this great citadel\u00a0of learning. I wish you all a successful and promising future.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Akinwunmi AMBODE<\/p>\n

Governor of Lagos State<\/p>\n

Visitor, Lagos State University<\/p>\n

May 26th, 2016\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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