Lagos State University, and Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) have been shut down due to the ongoing nationwide hunger protest.
Authorities of the institutions have directed their students and staff to be safety conscious.
Coordinator, Centre for Information and Public Relations of LASU, Oluwayemisi Thomas-Onashile, and Registrar of LASUSTECH, David Ogungbe, made this known in separate statements in Lagos.
Mr Thomas-Onashile said LASU ordered its staff and students to leave the campus as a strategy to safeguard lives and property.
“Against this background, the Lagos State University Students Union General Elections scheduled to commence today, Thursday, is hereby suspended until further notice.
“Further information on resumption of socio-academic and administrative activities in the university will be provided in due course,” she said.
For LASUSTECH, the Registrar said the management assured the staff and students of adequate security arrangement on all the university’s campuses to enable to them continue with their legitimate activities.
“In particular, students are advised to remain on campus to focus on their academic activities so as to avoid exposure to any potential danger during the planned protest.
“The university buses should not leave the campus during the period of protest until otherwise directed,” he said.
