An open letter to every Lasuite

Dearest Lasuites,
Am sorry but I have no option than to engage you in this lengthy discussion, and I would be glad if you can stay with me to the end.
I have never felt to be part of Lasu until the recent turn of events, just one of those students who never cared about anything that happens to the student populace in as much as it doesn’t affect me.
However the new tidal waves in Lasu made me veer off this selfish course.
Lasu has moved on from being repositioned for excellence to be an institution we can be proud of anywhere we go. To call yourself a Lasuite itself is a brand to be reckoned with.
Change they say is the only Constant thing in the world; and as the mantra in the country now is change, it is my dream to see the wave of change sweep across the entire student body.
There are certain issues I have held in my heart, in which I believe for the student body to be able to tag along with the world class vision of the Professor Olanrewaju Fagbohun led administration, certain changes must take place.
Firstly, I believe we must learn the culture of promoting our own brands. Ayo Balogun (wizkid), was a student of the university of Lagos, before he became the famous person he is today, his school then, played an active role in his career, even if am not sure he has acknowledged this, because I can remember an interview some years back before the fame and stardom, where he credited his fellow students for listening to his songs, and his popularity grew from there on till he got to EME.
Lagos State University is laden with bountiful talents, but the world knows this not. There are plethora of artists, designers, singers, rappers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and the likes in Lasu, but how will the world know this if we don’t sell our brand to the world. From my findings, a number of people don’t want to listen to songs made by their fellow lasuites because they believe they can’t produce anything better, but you are mistaken. The University of Lagos, has been known as a hotbed for talents across every field this is still tied to one reason; PR. I watched a 20 seconds video of the convocation play, and I can’t help but be wowed by the sonorous tune of the “osun de, Olomi” song coupled with the fantastic theatrics of our beloved Lasuites. Let us learn to promote the talented ones amongst us, you are helping a soul here. I dont know how well I can express his thought, but these things should be like a virus, it has to spread from Lasu to the world., Secondly I as a person thinks the Students’ union has to rebrand. Vibrancy has been a part of Lasusu from the start and I believe the Union must rebrand so as to make the Union inviting to every student, to make the Union something that every student is dying to be part of, but the reverse is the case today. If you told me that Lasu is East of Limpopo and North to Arabia in 1765 when there was no GPS, might agree, but not in 2016, knowing fully well that Limpopo is in South Africa which is south from here, Arabia is to the East from here OMG. The time has come to rebrand the Union to make it an idealistic, liberal and conservative Union, but not throwing away our fighting spirit. The university is building a school to be proud of, let us make a union to be proud of.
Lastly we must tackle the I don’t care spirit that is ravaging across the entire student populace. A certain individual on a whatsapp Group chat insulted those affected by the GNS issue, boasting about how he scored 5. I couldn’t help but be astonished by the idiocy displayed by that individual. As I have mentioned earlier, there are some certain set of students who does not give a shit if the whole school scored 0, in as much as, they aren’t affected. This is a cankerworm that is against all tenets of unionism, an injury to one, has never being an injury to all. All for one, one for all, is the sole reason of unionism, not for us to raise our voices just because it affects us, but because one of our own has been affected. We must learn to imbibe that communal spirit which is a drive to achieve greater things collectively.
I am grateful for your time and patience, however I want to reiterate the fact that this is my own personal opinion and should not in any way be viewed as the general consensus.
I am a Lasuite, I am proud.
Thanks
Michael Goldsworth.