NAN reports that the beneficiaries were the student unions of the University of Lagos, the Lagos State University (LASU), the Yaba College of Education and the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka.
Others were those of the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, St. Augustine’s College of Education, and the Federal College of Fisheries and Oceanography.
The students unions of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of the Education and Lagos State College of Health Technology also benefitted from the gift.
Fashola, while presenting the buses to the beneficiaries, said the buses were a redemption of his promise to them.
He said the buses were to ease the transportation of the executives of the students’ unions, both within and outside of their respective institutions.
The governor explained that the buses were also presented to students of federal institutions in the state because it concerned the welfare of all students.
He added that the government had consistently shared in the burden of police, customs and some other federal institutions in the state, to ensure that they served the residents efficiently.
“Students in federal tertiary institutions in the state are residents of our state and we will continue to demonstrate to you that there will be no discrimination against anybody or institution in this state.
“It is not only state institutions we are intervening in. You will remember all of the facilities we put in some federal institutions during the Sports Festival, we left them behind.
“And, we have always carried federal obligations here, supporting federal prisons, the immigration and police and so on. This is the character of the state government.
“And now that the All Progressives Congress is taking over the federal government, I hope the burden will reduce.” he said.
Fashola said the government was presently upgrading infrastructure at the Lagos State University (LASU), to make the institution an enviable citadel of learning.
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