Success Damian:
The group made the disclosure at the Coconut Breaking Ceremony which took place at the campus in Ojo on Monday.
The Coconut Breaking event was part of activities to mark the 24th Convocation ceremony of the institution.
The Alumni group stated that the aim of the statue was to appreciate the innumerable achievements and focused leadership of Prof. Fagbohun in the past five years as Vice Chancellor of the institution.
Barr Omolola Oladipupo Satar LASU Alumni Lagos State Chapter said the Prof Fagbohun has brought tremendous infrastructural and human resources development to the university in the past five years hence no honour was too much for him.
Speaking at the event, Prof Fagbohun who has begun a countdown to his stepping down as the LASU VC said he is a fulfilled man. He commended Lasu community for his successes as a Vice Chancellor. “27 days I will be stepping down and I say it again, I am fulfilled. And each and every one of you made that possible.”
He commended the Alumni and charged them as critical stakeholders to ensure LASU does not slide back into the time of retrogression. “I thank the alumni for being supportive and making sure that we keep the dream of our founding fathers alive.
“Alumni, you are best positioned to ensure that what we have started does not fail. There are so many things you can do. You are positioned to call us, management to account; you are positioned to get government to be interested in this institution.
“You are positioned to caution evil doers, those who enjoy crisis in this university. You have everything to sustain the vision. You are the strongest critical stakeholder in the LASU project. And that is why this coconut breaking ceremony is a critical component of our convocation ceremony.
On the hints coming from the
Alumni that it would erect a statue in Fagbohun’s honour in appreciation of his contributions,
successes and achievements during his administration he said “Coming from the alumni,
you know the alumni is a critical stakeholder of the university, that
initiative coming from them is very humbling for me and I am so appreciative to
them that they found me worthy of wanting to erect a statue in the institution.
I feel very deeply humbled and I want to thank them from the depth of my heart,
I was not expecting it at, what it means is that anywhere I continue to find
myself I should continue to do my own modest bit to add value to that system.”
On what is unique about the 24th
Convocation, being his last as VC of the school he said “Our objective is to
achieve excellence as part of our convocation, we will continue in that line
and my prayer is that because we have done it back to back consistently without
any break in academic session, I pray they are able to sustain it and the
university is able to continue along that path,” he stated.
Fagbohun disclosed where he
derived his inspiration and energy from “When you work in an environment where
you are happy, when you are doing something that is giving you joy, you don’t
get tired because it is your line of duty and you are enjoying it, because I am
enjoying what I am doing I am working with my people, I am working with staff I
love and who love me; students I love and who love me, I am enjoying it, I am
not feeling the weight of it.”
The coconut breaking ceremony was an activity designed to
pray for peace and progress of the institution and involved breaking of the
coconut.
Some of those that attended the event include Mrs Yeside
Faghohun, wife of the VC, members of the university management, and so many
others.
Student union, labour unions, management, the Alumni, all took turns to break the coconuts.
Highlights of the event include performances by
masquerades including Igunuko, Zamgbete masquerades among others.
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