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The Lagos state House of Assembly has amended the laws of
the Lagos State University in a bid to permanently end the ongoing crisis. The key
amendment will see the school’s Vice Chancellor serve a single term of five
years.
The bill for a Law to Amend the Lagos State University Law,
2004, which has gone through public hearing, has seven proposed amendments with
the first section containing the changes in the tenure of the Vice Chancellor.
Section 2 of the bill also reads: “the vice chancellor shall
exercise general supervision of the university in addition to any other
function conferred on or imposed on him by law, the Statute, Ordinance and
Regulations and shall be subject to the approval of the Council, exercise general
supervision over discipline in the university.
Hon. Lanre Ogunyemi, the Chairman House Committee on
Education, said the amendments were to salvage the incessant crisis bedevilling
the institution. He said there were also formal ways of checking excesses of
the vice chancellor if they became autocratic or showed any dictatorial
tendencies.
He attributed the past crisis to the fact that Vice
Chancellor who desired a second term in office were usually targeted by such
problems. He believed that this would also enhance the quality of education.
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