SexForGrades: Sanwo-Olu Lauds Dismissal Of UNILAG Lecturers

• Sanwo-Olu lauds dismissal of UNILAG lecturers
• promised to fulfill its pledge to UNILAG on construction of a standard jetty at the school waterfront

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lauded the recent disciplinary action taken by the management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, against two erring academic staff indicted in the SexForGrade scandal. He noted that it would not only serve as a deterrent to other members but also redeem the reputation of the institution.

Sanwo-Olu commended UNILAG for taking a giant step in entrenching the culture of discipline and sustaining the school’s academic excellence.

The governor, made the remarks on Thursday when he received members of the Federal Government’s Visitation Panel for UNILAG who came on a courtesy call at the State House, Marina. The panel members were led by the chairman, Lt. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (retd).

According to him: “It is a thing of joy to see a reputable citadel of learning managing its affairs properly and sustaining the culture of academic excellence. The school has maintained high discipline, as seen in the media reports about two days ago where lecturers who want to bring down the image and name of the school.

“The management of the school has been firm in ensuring that nobody is above the law. These are parts of the commendable steps which the school management has taken to ensure the standards are sustained.”

Sanwo-Olu on harped on his administration’s commitment to raise standards of education and academic research in the state, stressing that the state government had committed more investment in the sector to provide infrastructure in schools.

The Governor said the state government would fulfill its pledge to UNILAG on construction of a standard jetty at the school waterfront, stressing that other infrastructure around the campus were being ramped up.

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This effort, Sanwo-Olu said, is to give members of the campus community a feel of the impact being made by the state government.

The governor added that the metropolitan fibre optic cables currently being rolled out across the state would help improve academic research in tertiary institutions.

Agwai described Sanwo-Olu as “education-friendly Governor, acknowledging the strides attained by Lagos in education sector.”
He said the panel was raised by the Federal Government to carry out full assessment of the administration of the school to know the challenges it is facing in delivering on its mandate.

He said: “We are also mandated to carry out assessment on the resources available to the university and how they have been utilised. We are looking at the laws setting up the school and relationship of the university with statutory bodies and its host community.”

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