LASUSTECH Watch

My fellow LASPOTECH students, please let's be careful out there. A lot is happening, especially rape cases. Our school does not have hostels and we have no choice but to live off campus outside the protection of the institution. Rape cases have become rampant now and I urge us to be on high alert of our surroundings. Sad has it may be, the media has almost no power in cases like this especially when there's no evidence. Do you know?  That a student can be raped, and when the issue is reported to the school authorities it gets to the court. And at the court, two things happen. It's either the predator is punished or goes scot free(especially when there is no evidence). Issues like this drag for a long time. In the case where the predator eventually goes scort free, and the school press has already published it with the rapist face(s). He can sue us. That's the part that annoys me the most. Like for real.  Following series of events, most or almost all perpetrators are no...

 "Release our white paper, white paper is our life", this was the statement  on the lips of every academic and non-academic staff of Lagos State Polytechnic when she held a one-day prayer session at LASPOTECH podium.  It was noted that the institution started having issues since 2017 under the last administration and it resulted in the dismissal, demotion, unjust treatment of staff and reduction of salaries for some staff. However, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-olu organized and sent a "visitation panel" to investigate the problems of the institution after listening to the pleas of the new Rector, Dr Oluremi Nurudeen Olaleye and his governing council. The "visitation panel" investigation started in October 2019 and submitted their reports to the governor February 2020 and the school has been waiting for the release of the "white paper" since then. The "white paper" which is the solution to the school's problem contains...