LASU VC bags national award | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
22nd November 2019
The Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has been announced a recipient of the National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) Award.
The Conferment of the Award was conveyed through a letter signed by Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige.
Fagbohun, a law professor and senior advocate of Nigeria would be conferred the award on 28th November, 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
In the letter, Mr Ngige wrote thus, “The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the conferment of the National Productivity Order of Merit Award on you in recognition of your high productivity, hard work and excellence.
“Your recommendation was based on the report of the National Productivity Order of Merit Award Committee after a rigorous selection process.”
The award ceremony will hold  at the NAF Conference Center and Suites, Kado, Abuja.
The National Productivity Order of Merit Award is an award of Dignity instituted by the Federal Government to recognize hard work and excellence among deserving Nigerians.
Fagbohun was appointed the 8th Substantive Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Ojo, on 16th January, 2016 and has, in the last four years, engineered an unprecedented transformation of the Ivory Tower to one of the best and most subscribed Universities in the Country.