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No fewer than 1,000 persons have so far benefitted from the five-day free medical outreach sponsored by a member of the House of Representatives, Daniel Amos.

The management of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has removed the university Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Tajudeen Olumoko. Professor Tajudeen’s removal was in connection with a SaharaReporters’ extensive report on certificate racketeering in the state university. A source in the university confirmed the Dean’s sack to PUNCH on Wednesday morning, revealing that a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Dr Abiodun Fatai-Abatan, had been appointed as acting DSA.

  The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday deliberated on SaharaReporters’ report on certificate racketeering at the state university (LASU) and invited the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Tolani Akibu, and the school’s vice-chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, among others. SaharaReporters on Monday reported that in 2020-2021, a sting operation spearheaded by the school management at the time and the Department of State Services (DSS) exposed certificate racketeering in the school and succeeded in getting confessions from some members of the syndicate.

When Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, was established in 1983, it was envisioned to pursue the advancement of learning and academic excellence. Degree available for N2 million - N3 million  None of those involved in the establishment of the noble project could have foreseen that less than four decades down the line, all it would take for intellectually lazy people to get a degree approved by the school Senate would be N2 million to N3 million.