Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday, said the state government will merge the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, and the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Epe, to form a university of education.
He also said the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, would become a university of science.
The governor disclosed this while speaking as the Special Guest of Honour during the public presentation of a book “Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe @60: Audacity of Resilience”.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said the two new universities would take off following the approval given by the National Universities Commission (NUC), even as he assured that the state government would not because of the additional responsibility fail to adequately fund it’s existing tertiary and other institutions.