The Lagos State University (LASU)
said on Friday that 24, 734 certificates of graduates who left the institution
over the last 10 years were lying uncollected at its registry.
Mr Adekoya Martins, Acting Head, Centre for
Information, Press and Public Relation, LASU, told newsmen that the
certificates were for students who graduated with diplomas and degrees.
Martins said that the university,
following the backlog of uncollected certificates, had decided that affected
graduates who fail to collect theirs before Oct. 21 would have to pay N 15,000
before doing so.
“Before you know it, some OF the graduates of
the university will be clamoring that LASU is withholding their certificates.
“Now that the certificates have been signed
and released for collection, only a few are coming for it.
“Collection of certificates commenced on Sept.
26 and it will end on Oct.21. “Payment for late collection after the stipulated
period of four weeks, after Friday Oct. 21, is N15, 000 only,’’ he said.
The university, in its official
bulletin, had said the certificates were available for collection at the
Certificate Unit of the Exams and Records in its Registry.
The university, in the bulletin,
gave a breakdown of the certificates and the faculties that were affected. It
urged graduates to visit the university website – www.lasu.edu.ng – for further
information on the procedure for collection of certificates and confirmation of
the list of issued certificates.