It is rather disingenuous and sad the recourse to a brazen, untidy subterfuge and the deliberate attempt by Governor Sanwoolu and other wielders of power in Lagos State who are bent on short-changing Lagosian natives by attempting a crude imposition of a non- native as LASU Vice Chancellor.
We at Ọmọ Eko Pataki will continue to defend the Lagosian culture and our collective heritage. We will resist with all legal tools the stark , duplicitous maneuver to impose another non- native in a very crucial institution like LASU.
This is indeed wrong , untoward and unacceptable. It is a blatant aberration. It will not hold . It is as if the temporary wielders of power in Lagos state are bent on a scorched earth policy. If not , why are they indifferent to the sensitivities of the natives.
In an abnormal situation where the Governor, the Deputy Governor, the Speaker and other key office holders are non-natives, why should anyone in thoughtful contemplative bearing must insist on foisting upon us yet another non- Lagosian ? This is rank absurdity.
Three well qualified Lagosians have been shortlisted. Sanwoolu should do the needful by picking one. There is no need for this Russian roulette. This rigmarole is offensive, wrong-footed and inappropriate.
We, at Ọmọ Eko Pataki, are once again asking Governor Sanwoolu for the umpteenth time to do what is right and what is just by appointing a qualified Lagosian as LASU VC. This is the normative pattern all over the nation. Nothing else will do. We remain stout and firm in this crucial and historic crusade to protect our native earth.
⁃Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju rtd, Trustee, Ọmọ Eko Pataki
