LASU Students to Use Electric Scooters as University Launches Alternative Campus Shuttle, Photos Emerge
- The Lagos State University, Ojo, is setting a new trend for other public universities to follow with its latest reform
- The university management recently launched an alternative means of transportation for students
- Students of LASU now have the option of using electric scooters as their means of mobility on campus, courtesy of a partnership with Trekk Scooters
Lagos, Ojo - An innovation has arrived at Lagos State University, Ojo, as its management has launched electric scooters as an alternative means of transportation inside the campus.
Unlike other campuses that solely use fuel-powered buses and tricycles to shuttle students within the university, the management of LASU struck an MoU with Trekk Scooters, an international e-sharing scooter platform, to make the campus more eco-friendly.
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According to a statement on the University's Facebook page sighted by Legit.ng on Wednesday, May 3, the Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, stated the introduction of e-scooters to the university further reinforces its status as the best in West Africa.
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He lauded the scooter-sharing platform for the partnership as he officially led other institution members to commission the e-scooter on campus.
“Trekk Scooters offers an eco-friendly alternative" - LASU
Meanwhile, the Director of LASU Ventures Limited, Prof. Tosin Adu, also confirmed the partnership between the institution and Trekk Scooters.
He stated that the essence of the partnership was geared towards providing alternative and easy means of mobility for students during their activities on campus.
Prof Adu said:
“TREKK Scooters offers an eco-friendly alternative to the shuttle service on the Campus and allows students to unlock the scooters parked at the University Main Gate, Ojo, Lagos, pay a designated amount using the TREKK App and ride the vehicle anywhere on the Campus.”
Speaking on the partnership, the CEO of Trekk Scooters, Isaac Oyedokun, disclosed that LASU is the first public institution to adopt the e-scooter transport system.
Oyedokun also said LASU is the second university in Lagos state, after the Pan Atlantic University, to adopt the initiative.
Trekk has been dubbed Africa's first scooter-sharing platform using its mobile App to enable students to ride the e-scooter anywhere on the Campus.
Video emerges as LASU student sets up small jewellery shop in her hostel room
In another development, an industrious Nigerian student has shown off the workstation she set up in a corner of her room where she would run her jewellery business.
The final-year student, identified as Timi, shared a video showing how the jewellery shop was set up with great help from her hostel friends.
Timi revealed that money meant for her project was used in setting up the workstation and also shared how sales have been.
Source: Legit.ng
