Students from 10 higher institutions in Lagos State, yesterday, endorsed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for second term in office and the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Some of the institutions that endorsed the two candidates were Lagos State University (LASU); Lagos State University of Education (LASUED); University of Lagos (UNILAG); Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH).
Speaking at the event, Sanwo-Olu expressed delight over the endorsement, saying the gathering and his second term bid was about the future and wellbeing of the students.
The students from the various institutions at the endorsement rally held at Mobolaji Johnson Arena conferred the title, ‘Five Star General Students Aluta,’ on the Governor.
Sanwo-Olu said: “I want to thank you all. Your leadership has put this together. I want to thank you for coming to validate what you have been doing in your various schools. We are just starting. The agenda for greater Lagos is rising in our education, in our tertiary institutions, our secondary schools and it will touch each and every one.”
The governor recalled that during the last strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), none of the state institutions down tooled because his administration was taking care of the students and lecturers.
He said, “I handed the biggest students arcade in the whole country to you. Today, we are giving additional buses for you. We want your lives to be meaningful. We are not going to take this endorsement for granted.
We will support you and give you the enabling environment.
“What we are doing today is about your future. It is about giving opportunity to you, you don not have any other country. It is for us to create an ambience so that your future would be better. That is why you want to support us.
“We want to compete with the world. LASU is the best in the country. The other two will also compete as the best in the world.”
Popular pop star artiste, Abolore Adegbola, who was one of the several artistes that graced the occasion, said he was at the event not to play but to endorse Sanwo-Olu and Tinubu.
He said: “I am not here to sing. Vote for APC, vote Asiwaju, and vote Sanwo-Olu for you to have a better life. I’m a herbalist.”
The National Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ishaq Giwa, described the governor as being super active in terms of governance.
He also thanked the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, for supporting the students over the years.
