By Monsuru Olowoopejo

Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has waded into the crisis rocking the 31-year-old, State University, LASU, Ojo, which made the unions drive the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Obafunwa out of his office in March.

Vanguard reliably gathered that the decision to wade into the crisis was reached last Thursday,  at about 6:00 pm between the governor represented by his deputy, Dr. Oluranti Adebule and the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS as conditions for the reopening LASU gates shut earlier in the day.

The students on that day paralyzed activities in the institution, following the protracted crisis.

Sources said that the deputy governor,  who used to teach in the institution before her appointment as the Secretary to the State Government, SSG under ex-governor, Babatunde Fashola in 2011, promised to invite the warring parties on how to resolve the crisis.

Public Relation officer of LASU Student Union, Mr. Fatai Adebanjo said that the state government, through Adebule promised to invite the unions for discussions to resolve the crisis.

Confirming the ongoing meeting between the union and the state government, the Chairman of Senior Staff Association of nigerian Universities, SSANU, LASU branch, Mr. Oseni Saheed when contacted said “I do not want to comment on any issue concerning the Institution now. We are negotiating with the state government.”