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Morenike Adetunji In the wake of the molestation of Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) officials alleged to have been carried out by the striking Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Lagos State Polytechnic chapter, the school management has announced its efforts to bring to book the perpetrators of this "act of barbarism". Two JAMB officials who were carrying out their duties at the institution and the Polytechnic's director of ICT were reportedly molested by the non-teaching staff of the institution. The management, through a press release signed by the Deputy Registrar, Public Relations Unit, Mr Olanrewaju Kuye, apologized to JAMB officials for the assault and has also ascertained that those involved will be made to face the wrath of the law. The press release reads in part "While the Polytechnic condemns this act of barbarism, we are using this medium to assure the Registrar of JAMB and indeed, the entire Nigerians that the Lagos State Gove...

Eke van Victor The long-running rift between the Management of Lagos State Polytechnic and its staff unions took a new turn last Wednesday when the aggrieved Unions stalled activities in the school main campus in Ikorodu shutting down the school gates for several days. Students were seen scaling the school’s fence to find their way out. However, the case was dredged at the National Industrial Court on Monday when the warring parties appeared before his lordship Hon. Justice E. A. Oji who urged the aggrieved associations to maintain peace and not obstruct the official activities of the school pending when the case will be heard again on June 18 th 2019. Below is the officially documented report from that sitting Eke van Victor is a former DCA at Max 102.3FM, Author; "The Odyssey of a Victor" and the current President of the Press Club

Eke van Victor The Non-Academic Staff Union has reportedly promised not to disrupt the ongoing First Semester examinations. In a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the Students’ Union Government, Osaye John Taiwo on Tuesday, the embattled staff union was said to have made this stance known through a media release to the News Agency of Nigeria and The Punch Newspaper on Monday. The union however posited that the examinations will not be disrupted but basic services within its purview such as Power generation, water and medical services will not be allowed to function. Speaking with newsmen yesterday, Mr Abiodun Awoyemi, Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, LASPOTECH chapter, said “We have ensured that our members are not at work to provide essential services and also ensure that any services under our purview provided by some hired workers were disconnected." “We have been moving round the campus to ensure full ...

Ella Ilesanmi A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. For this reason, year one students in the department of Mass Communication, Lagos State polytechnic recently organized a Yoruba day event which was used to display the various norms and values of the Yoruba culture. It was indeed a sight to behold as the students came out in various groups clad in traditional attires to display dance steps, food, traditional marriage rites and even music performance. There were groups like; Ekun Iyawo,   Obitun, Orisa Ibeji, just to mention a few. Students who are not natives of Yorubaland were however not left out of this huge event as they participated in the various groups having had series of rehearsal sessions. The event which was organized for the students to display what they had learnt in the Yoruba Language Class during the Semester was used as the Continuous Assesment show and groups were graded ...

With the general elections just few hours away, Film students of Mass Communication department in Lagos State Polytechnic took to the streets on Wednesday to campaign for a violence-free election. Pedestrian and vehicular movements in the school were halted while the rally lasted as the students defied the hot weather clad in various professional, traditional and religious costumes dancing, singing and bearing placards with various inscriptions. The rally which started from the Department of Mass Communication was taken around the campus community from Faculty to Faculty as the students engaged other students, traders, staff, shuttle drivers and passengers on the need for everyone to stand up united in the fight against election misconducts such as stealing of ballot-boxes, boycotting of elections, vote-buying and most importantly, election violence. The course lecturer, Mr Steve Anu Adesemoye in an interview pointed out that the Costume day is a “yearly rite that is spec...

This period in Lagos State Polytechnic has been shrouded in uncertainties as a result of the ongoing NASU strike which will be in its fourth week next week. Orientation and Matriculation ceremonies for freshmen have been postponed indefinitely and several other activities have been grounded on Campus as a result of the strike. This week on Six Minutes with Laspotech Press Club, our correspondent, Abiola Okunlaya takes us on a journey into the heart of the school’s main campus as she samples students opinions on the ongoing strike.  Watch the Video Below

Olanrewaju K, Kuye The agitation for the implementation of Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure (CONTISS 15) migration by the three Staff Unions is an issue that has thrown the Polytechnic Community into unrest since 2016. The CONTISS 15 migration is the movement of staff from one salary grade level to the next level provided the staff meets the necessary conditions stipulated by the NBTE  as listed below: a. Such staff must have been employed before 1st August 2009 b. Such staff must possess the basic academic/professional or both qualifications applicable to his/her competence in addition to compliance to Institutional policy. c. Such staff must have spent a minimum of two (2) years on the current position before the year of migration. The lawlessness of the three (3) Staff  Unions and threats to the lives of members of the Governing Council along with the Principal Officers of the Polytechnic got to a peak that  during a session of the ...

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Edwin Eriye Education is the foundation of every nation; no aspect or level of it ought to be neglected so as to engender all round national development. A polytechnic in Nigeria today offers about 70% of technological programmes which are veritable tools for nation-building and development. On the contrary, polytechnic graduates over the years have suffered serious neglect by the federal government and the labour market. Polytechnic graduates cannot proceed directly on a master’s degree programme whether of distinction grade or not; he or she has to be subjected to a minimum of another one year of postgraduate diploma course before proceeding directly to master’s degree as against the university B.sc / B.Eng holder proceeding directly to master’s degree programme. Employers believe polytechnic education is not for those who are intelligent enough to do academic work. Polytechnic students are also made to serve or work under university graduates as head of department or unit...

Eke van Victor The School of Environmental Studies Students’ Association (SESSA) will hold her first ever students’ summit tomorrow Wednesday, 23rd January, 2019 at the School of Agriculture 500-seater lecture theatre. The Programme which will feature paper presentations, exhibitions and orientation for fresh students of the faculty, will as well feature the presentation of the model for a proposed ultra-modern recreational center in the school. Representatives from Unilag Radio, Bond FM, NIOB, NIQS, NIA, NIESV, NITP, AID, NIS, Realistic Projects Limited, Visionscape Nigeria and Recycle Point are all expected to grace the occasion Eke van Victor is an award-winning screenwriter, former broadcast producer at Max 102.3FM and the current President of the Press Club

Eke van Victor and Banjoko Damilare The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Lagos State Polytechnic on Monday laid siege on the Council Chambers of the Polytechnic in a bid to air their grievances over what they claim to be the demigration of staff salaries. Workers were seen with placards, sitting, waiting and chanting outside the chambers which was well guarded with armed security men. The Deputy Registrar, Public Relations Unit, Mr Olanrewaju Kuye who spoke to our correspondent on the issue said that the management’s action was a “realignment of nomenclature” rather than a demigration which he says is a more demeaning allusion. "We are doing the correct alignment of salaries structure. It is not demigration as claimed by the Union.” He said.  “The state government wrote the National Board for Technical education (NBTE) Kaduna that gives us correct information and mandated the management to go and do correct realignment of salaries structure and that is what we've d...

Eke van Victor It was drama, delight and despair as School of Communication and Liberal Studies flagged off their LASPOSUG league campaign with a scintillating performance; firing four unreplied goals behind the net in what ended as a demolition, destruction and annihilation of the School of Technology team. Three of the four goals came from the Mass Communication talisman, Hassan Quadri who was assisted twice by teammate and birthday boy, Towolawi Samod. Earlier on matchday one, two-time champions SMBS, Isolo ran away with a two-goal victory over defending champions, School of Agriculture as an own goal by Korede in the first half and a rocket freekick by Sanya in the dying minutes of the game ensured that SMBS, Isolo would not regret travelling to Ikorodu on the first matchday. The match between School of Engineering and School of Pure and Applied Sciences which promised to be a fierce fight and a festival of goals ended ironically in a goalless stalemate. While School o...

David Dosumu I remember clearly the first time i set foot on the Mass Communications department, Ikorodu campus, the first thing I saw was the list of the newly elected member of Mass Communication Student Association, MACSA. All was fine until I sighted in one corner a particular post, "LADY VICE PRESIDENT". This is not particular to mass communication department alone, but to all student associations in Lagos State Polytechnic. This does not only abase the ideology of gender equality but celebrates gender bias;Quite demoralizing for young minds of the 21st century. Over the past few years I have watched a lot of feminists who have summoned courage to fight for the female gender. While some females feel they are subordinates, domestic slaves, sex slaves etc., these set of people(feminists) have one single lyrics: equality for everyone. Following the African background, one can only find reasons for difficulty in achieving equality among all. The background we all come fr...

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has issued a notice to all its structures and organs to commence mobilisation for mass protest against the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Monday January 7th, 2018 This was contained in a statement signed by the association’s President, Danielson Akpan. The association accused the parties involved of not making adequate steps towards resolving the crises. According to Mr Akpan, the university lecturers are not showing enough commitment to end the strike, saying they staged a walk-out during negotiations with the government despite the that fact that the FG willingness to meet two out of their three demands. He noted that none of the issues the lectuers are agitating directly improves the lot of Nigerian students or infrastructure and basic amenities on the campuses. Again, why are Nigerian Students made to suffer for the interests of ASUU or ASUP ...