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Safiu Kehinde The management of Lagos State University of Science and Technology (formerly Lagos State Polytechnic) has finally reduced the increased certificate fee   from #30,000 to #10,000 after several backlash from the Polytechnic students in the institution over the controversial increment. As contained in a statement signed by the University's registrar, David Semawon Ogunbe, the management decided to review the sudden 500 percent increment following complaints tendered by the Polytechnic’s Students Union Government and the intervention of the Vice Chancellor who submitted that the increment should not be more than 100 percent of the initial amount. The statement read in part; “Sequel to the complaint expressed by the Students Union Government of the Polytechnic in a letter dated 24 th June, 2023 on the increase in Certificate Processing fee from N5.000 ( Five Thousand Naira) only to N30.000 (Thirty Thousand Naira) only and the intervention of the Vice Chancellor, the...

LaspoSUG Urges  Students to Remain Calm  Amidst Certificate Fee Increment                                SUG President Surakat Muftaudeen By Nurudeen Adebayo and Agbaogun sodiq The Lagos State Polytechnic Student Union government has urged the students to embrace peace and trust them amidst the certificate fee increase by the school management. The School management early last week sent a Memorandum stating the fee will be increased from 5000 naira to 30, 000 naira, which has caused distress among the students. There have been speculations on campus that students want to wage a protest from Ikorodu to Isolo Campus. SUG President Surakat Muftaudeen while addressing Laspotech Press Club yesterday said the stand of the union is there should be no increment and there are plans to make things right. His words "We just received the memo last week and we’ve made our stand clear to the management, tha...

LASUSTECH Third Gate Photo: Moshood Hameedat • Fee skyrockets from #5000 to #30,000  • Management gives forex increase for reason • “Outrageous and inconsiderate” Students react • “We are your fathers. We are not wicked” PRO clears air around controversies Safiu Kehinde, Adebayo Nurudeen, Ibrahim Habeeb, & Bisiryu Hassan Lagos State Polytechnic’s students have decried the sudden 500 percent hike in price of the institution’s certificate fee by the school management as they call on the state government’s intervention over the increment. Sponsored Advert The Polytechnic’s Governing Council had, in a memo circulated earlier last week, announced the change in certificate fee which skyrocketed from 5000 Naira to 30,000 Naira. As contained in the memo, the Governing Council had, in April, held meeting over a proposed upward review of students’ ancillary fees which subjected the certificate fee to change alongside others. The approval of the increment, however, did not augur well fo...

  Laspotech SUG attend Governor Sanwo-Olu's second-term Inauguration Governor sanwo olu was inaugurated today at the TBS lagos,  to mark the beginning of his second term. The Governor made it known that the THEMES agenda, henceforth, will be known as THEMES PLUS. LaspoSUG President,  Comrade Suraqat Muftaudeen alongside his cabinet members  attended the event with President of  each department in the school . Below are some of the pictures of the event  Photos by : Sodiq Agbaogun                        SUG president, Comrade Surakat Muftaudeen President school of Agric, Comrade Sabar Olamilekan and Deputy Speaker , Comrade Odu Onikosi Abdullah             Sport Director Mueez Eshinlokun                       General secretary Comrade Imeh Godknows                Pre...

   LASPOTECH Postpones First Semester Examination By Nurudeen Adebayo The Lagos State Polytechnic management has postponed the first-semester examination for the 2022/2023 session earlier scheduled to commence on the 15th of May. Following various protests by students on the inability to pay school fees and the efforts of the Students' Union Government of the school, the examination has been postponed until the 22nd  of May 2023. Dr. Aderogba, the Directorate of Students Affairs, disclosed that the postponement was a result of the inability of students to pay school fees. "The examination was postponed because students were not able to pay their school fees and without the fee, they will not partake in the exam" He said. Hassan Nurudeen, the SUG Public Relations Officer also added that students are not prepared for examination and lamentations on the issue of payment of school fee.

World Press Freedom Day: LASPOTECH Press Club celebrates with workshop training. Photos by :Ibukun Mercy By Karim Afis, Abdulhakeem Onitiju and Tolulope Onifade The Press Club in conjunction with the final year students of Mass Communication  department, held a media workshop training on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day. The event, organized by the press club was held on Wednesday, at the Kakawa lecture room, tagged “MEDIA MARKET DYNAMICS” aimed to enhance the students on how to position their skills into good use. The guest speaker at the event, MR Yinka Olaito, CEO  Africa Foundation for Young Media Professional, AFYMP, educated the students that writing skill alone is not enough to be successful in today’s media market you have to be dynamic.                 Mr.Olaito Yinka delivering his speech “The media market is open but you must understand what you have and who needs what you have. Positioning is key in media market dy...

Knowledge is the opposite of illiteracy and facilitator of formal understanding- Ustadz Lambo Adebayo Nurudeen Guest lecturer, Ustadz Idress Lambo disclosed that knowledge is the opposite of illiteracy and facilitator of formal understanding of anything people aim to know, at the annual Nulass annual Ramadan lecture held at the school’s podium earlier this week. Speaking at the event tagged “Impact of Western Education to the Islamic world”, organized to bring Muslim students from every department of the school to understand the influence of western education to the Islamic community, Ustadz stated that knowledge gives final authority to what people are ignorant about and helps to think wide. While referring to the Holy Quran chapter 96 verse 1-4, the ustadz made a distinction between education and Knowledge.  His words “Knowledge is the opposite of illiteracy and it facilitate formal understanding of anything we aim to know”. “Avoid friends who are Ignorant and are not willing to ...