The new LASU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ayodeji Badejo, has unveiled an eight-pillar strategic vision covering academic excellence, research, financial sustainability, digital transformation and community engagement.
The new Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Ayodeji Badejo, has unveiled an eight-pillar strategic vision aimed at positioning the institution as globally competitive, locally relevant and future-ready.
Badejo presented the vision on Friday, September 25, while addressing the university’s Committee of Provosts, Deans and Directors at the Senate Chamber, according to a statement issued by Mrs Oluwayemisi Thomas-Onashile, Coordinator of the Centre for Information and Public Relations.
The eight pillars are academic excellence and quality assurance; research, innovation and global visibility; financial sustainability and resource mobilisation; infrastructure and digital transformation; staff welfare and industrial harmony; student welfare, mentorship and employability; governance, integrity and institutional visibility; and community engagement and societal impact.
Under the academic excellence pillar, Badejo said the university would pursue full accreditation for all programmes while strengthening curriculum relevance, innovation and entrepreneurship.
She said the institution would also promote solution-driven research with measurable societal impact, expand international research partnerships and improve its global ranking visibility.
On financial sustainability, the vice-chancellor identified grants, endowments, consultancy services and strategic partnerships as avenues for diversifying the university’s revenue streams.
Badejo also outlined plans to deploy Artificial Intelligence and other digital tools to improve teaching and administration across the university’s campuses. She announced that her administration would establish at least one smart classroom in every faculty.
The vision also places emphasis on staff welfare through merit-based professional development, inclusive dialogue with unions and sustained institutional capacity building.
For students, the administration plans to strengthen mentorship, employability initiatives and mental health support.
Badejo said her administration would prioritise integrity, institutional leadership and stronger engagement with host communities and the wider society.
As part of efforts to translate the vision into action, she announced that the administration’s first 100 days would feature university-wide engagements and structured consultations across faculties, schools, centres and directorates.
She urged members of the committee to support the strategic priorities through inclusive leadership and an open-door approach, stressing that successful implementation would require collective responsibility and sustained commitment across the university.
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