- Celebrates 4th Founder’s Day
The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) on Monday celebrated its 4th Founders’ Day, highlighting exceptional institutional progress, infrastructural growth, and its imaginative and prescient for science- and technology-driven training.
The occasion, themed: “Mapping the Future,” featured a welcome deal with by the Vice Chancellor, a keynote lecture, awards for tutorial excellence, and a facility tour showcasing the college’s increasing educating and analysis capability.
The Vice Chancellor Prof. Olumuyiwa Odusanya, described the Founders’ Day as a second of reflection, evaluation, and renewed dedication.
“It is like a birthday — a time to measure progress and say this is what we have achieved in four years,” he mentioned.
Odusanya famous that the college has recorded vital milestones since its institution.
“We have moved from having no students to almost 13,000 students, successfully run three academic sessions without interruption, and we are preparing students who will be graduating in the next four to five months,” he acknowledged.
According to him, LASUSTECH presently has 25 absolutely accredited programmes, with a further 14 programmes awaiting accreditation outcomes anticipated in early 2026. He added that sturdy authorities assist, particularly from the Lagos State Government, has performed a key position within the establishment’s regular progress.
Beyond celebration, the Vice Chancellor defined that the Founders’ Day additionally served as a chance to showcase services and techniques put in place to strengthen educating, studying, and analysis, whereas constructing a definite model id for the college.
The keynote speaker, Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, Prof. Adenike Oladiji emphasised that sustainable nationwide growth requires long-term funding in science and expertise, sturdy foundational science training, and sound analysis infrastructure.
Her lecture was entitled: “Why Universities of Technology?”
She defined that though Nigeria’s industrial actions expanded from the Fifties, the nation’s huge potential has not been absolutely harnessed on account of weak scientific and technological training.
According to her, universities of expertise are intentionally created to determine and clear up real-life technological issues inside their native environments whereas contributing to nationwide growth.
Prof. Oladiji traced the evolution of universities globally and in Nigeria, noting that the institution of LASUSTECH in 2022, coming 74 years after the University of Ibadan, displays Nigeria’s renewed concentrate on science- and technology-based training as a driver of industrialisation.
She urged universities of expertise to align with Nigeria’s nationwide Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) coverage, strengthen business and worldwide collaborations, and discover practical cooperation amongst related establishments to reinforce analysis and innovation.
As a part of the celebration, LASUSTECH honoured excellent college students for tutorial excellence.
Ruth Ayomide Ajayi, a pupil of Animal Science within the College of Agriculture, emerged because the Overall Best Student of the University with a CGPA of 4.97. She additionally acquired the Professor Adebisi M. Balogun Scholarship because the Best Student in Agriculture, valued at N75,000.
Other recipients of the Professor Adebisi M. Balogun Scholarship included: Elizabeth Mofiyinfoluwa Osofisan (Economics) – Best Student in Applied Social Sciences Aishat Ajoke Osho (Computer Science) – Best Student in Basic Sciences Oluwagbenga Ayomikun Adeleke (Mechanical Engineering) – Best Student in Engineering Solomon Oyindamola Asifa (Architecture) – Best Student in Environmental Design Each award got here with a N75,000 money prize.
University Scholar awards, which embody a 50 per cent administrative price waiver, had been additionally introduced to excellent college students, whereas Margret Oluwadamilola Odumosu, a pupil of Horticulture, acquired N100,000 underneath the Professor Olumuyiwa Omotola Odusanya Scholarship because the Best Female Student from Epe.
A serious spotlight of the celebration was a guided tour of newly accomplished and ongoing services throughout the campus. The services visited included, newly acquired campus buses, new auditorium NIMASA facility, college students’ hostels, laboratories, digital studying centre, amongst others.
The tour showcased LASUSTECH’s rising funding in infrastructure geared toward enhancing sensible studying, analysis, innovation, and business collaboration.
Speaking on the position of universities in nationwide innovation, Odusanya careworn that increased training stays central to nation-building.
“If there are no universities, there will be no development. Universities are where ideas are generated, research is conducted, and solutions are developed. LASUSTECH is here to play its role in national development,” he mentioned.