Lagos Donates 12 Buses to UNILAG, LASU, Others
The Lagos State Government recently presented 12 14-seater buses to the students’ union executives of federal and state government-owned tertiary institutions in the state.
The beneficiaries, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) were the student unions of the University of Lagos, the Lagos State University (LASU), Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) and the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka.
Others were Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, St. Augustine’s College of Education, and the Federal College of Fisheries and Oceanography. The students’ unions of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of the Education and Lagos State College of Health Technology also benefitted.
While presenting the buses to the beneficiaries, Governor Babatunde Fashola said the gesture was to redeem his promise to them, adding that the buses would ease the transportation of the students’ unions executives within and outside their respective institutions.
The governor explained that the buses were also presented to students of federal institutions in the state because it concerned the welfare of all students, adding that the government had consistently shared in the burden of the police, customs and some other federal institutions in the state, to ensure that they serve the residents efficiently.
“Students in federal tertiary institutions in the state are residents of our state and we will continue to demonstrate to you that there will be no discrimination against anybody or institution in this state. It is not only state institutions we are intervening in. You will remember all of the facilities we put in some federal institutions during the sports festival, we left them behind.”
He said the government is currently upgrading infrastructure at LASU to make the institution an enviable citadel of learning. The governor mentioned the LASU senate building, the students’ arcade and the lecture theatres as some of the projects being put in place by his administration.
Responding, a representative of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Mr. Sanusi Suleiman, thanked the governor for the buses, saying that the gesture was a clear indication that he is concerned about the welfare of students.