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  • Rector scores Fed Poly Ekowe high on equipment, human resources

    Rector scores Fed Poly Ekowe high on equipment, human resources

    The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, Dr Agbabiaka Adegoke, has said the institution is equipped as one of the best institutions in Nigeria when it comes to strength of materials and in human resources.

    He stated this on Friday during the 2nd International Multi-Disciplinary Conference, 2024, held at the Conference Hall of the institution’ liaison office, Opolo, Yenagoa, the state capital.

    The theme of the conference is: ‘Exploring Local Discoveries in Science, Technology and Vocational Research: A Panacea for Industrial Development and Economic Growth in Nigeria.”

    The Rector said: “We have secured a lot of equipment in Microbiology, Engineering, Geometric among others.

    “We have a lot of human resources. Our polytechnic is the only institution that has all the strength of materials (equipment).

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    “We have designed programmes and our certificate is widely accepted within Africa. We have been given the opportunity to go into manufacturing of some things.

    “We have purchased about 300 computers for our examinations on our Ekowe Campus. And we equally have facilities that will help the indigenous people of Ekowe community.

    “A lot of things are going our way and we have constant power supply in all our offices and hostels.”

    He equally said the institution’s Petroleum Engineering Department has been accredited as well as most other programmes.

    On his part, the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Federal Polytechnic Ekowe, Dr Franklin Agada, spoke of the necessity of an academia to develop itself in all areas of discipline.

    He commended all those that graced the occasion including representatives of the Bayelsa State government and the Federal Government.

    According to him, the polytechnic needs need to train more people to be the change it aspires others to be and to be focused on the betterment of the society.

    He called for support from the Bayelsa government to uplift the institution to be for the betterment of the students of the institution.

    The ASUP chairman said that Research had played a crucial role in the lives of Nigerians and should be leveraged to uplift the economic growth of the country.

    In his address, the Speaker, Bayelsa House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere, commended ASUP for the initiative of the conference.

  • FG dissolves governing council of Oko Poly

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state.

    This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono in Abuja on Thursday.

    READ ALSO: Oko poly campus submerged in flood

    The permanent secretary said the dissolution was with immediate effect.

    He said the federal government appreciated the services the former council members rendered to the polytechnic, while wishing them success in their future endeavours.

    Chief Lasbury Amadi was the Chairman of the board of the Polytechnic.

  • Auchi Poly lecturer commits suicide

    A lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Mr Patrick Okojie, has committed suicide three days to his 47th birthday.

    The decaying body of Okojie was found at his plot of land at Igbira Camp, along Igarra/Auchi Road, four days after he was said to have been missing.

    Okojie, who left behind a wife and three children, was said to have been due for promotion to chief instructor by this month ending before he died.

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    Family sources said he did not leave any suicide note.

    It was, however, gathered that he had made two previous attempts at committing suicide.

     

  • I will provide conducive environment, Rector assures

    Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Dayo Hephzibah Oladebeye has assured of his administration’s commitment towards providing an enabling environment for staff to flourish at their optimum potential for the achievement of the goals of the Institution.

    Dr. Oladebeye who gave the assurance at the Inauguration of the Reconstituted Advisory Management Committees of the Polytechnic stressed that staff would be supported to give their best towards making the Polytechnic a world-class Institution.

    The Rector, who recalled with gratitude to Almighty God for handing over the mantle of leadership of the Institution to him about a year ago, expressed his appreciation to the 10th Governing Council, Principal Officers, other members of Management, Staff and Students of the Institution for their unflinching and highly commendable cooperation to his administration since its inception.

    While thanking the three Trade Union Executives i.e. ASUP, SSANIP and NASU as well as the Alumni and the Students’ Union for their support, the Rector also commended the uncommon display of understanding and maturity on the part of the leadership of the Unions in their fair dealings with the Polytechnic Management.

    He appreciated them for their constructive criticism and their readiness to always tow the line of dialogue as against confrontation opting to “jaw jaw” instead of “war war”.

    The 42 Standing Advisory Management Committees with about 500 members of staff drawn from across Unions, Cadres and other strata of the Polytechnic serving as Chairmen, Members or Secretaries were inaugurated in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, 12th March, 2019 in commemoration of the Rector’s first year in office.

    The Reconstitution of the various Committees marked a resolve to make the Oladebeye administration an all-inclusive one and a bold attempt by the Rector to democratize the one year old administration of the Polytechnic.

    The 42 reconstituted Advisory Committees and their Chairmen includes the Management Committee, headed by the Rector himself as well as the Board of Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Engineering Innovation.

    Committees headed by the Deputy Rector (Academics) Dr. (Mrs.) J.O. Omoniyi are Academic Staff Publications Review Panel, Accreditation Committee as well as the Staff Training and Development Committee, while the Deputy Rector (Administration) Bldr. G.S. Olorunoje will also preside as Chairman over the Board of Survey; Ceremonies Committee; the Polytechnic Land Use Committee; Office Space Allocation Committee as well as Hostels Monitoring and Rehabilitation Committees.

    Other Committees include the Senior Non-Teaching Staff Review Committee, with the Registrar, Mrs. K.O. Ekanem as the Chairman, while the Junior Staff Review Committee and Housing Committee are both headed by the Polytechnic Librarian, Mr. E.O. Ayeni as the Chairman.

    The Admissions Committee has Mr. A.A. Aliu a Chief Lecturer in Mathematics as Chairman, while Polytechnic Loans, Security and Sports Committees are headed respectively by Mr. O.D. Dada, Dr. M.O. Akinola and Dr. O.I. Ayeni.The list of Committees also includes Students Disciplinary; Staff School Management Board; Time Table; Publications; Transport; Energy Utilization; Internally Generated Revenue; Environmental; Endowment Fund and Polytechnic Exhibition Committee among others.

    READ ALSO: Buhari appoints new Rector for Ado-Ekiti Fed Poly

    Dr Oladebeye, who noted that the inauguration of various Advisory Management Committee was the first of its kind by his administration, stressed that the inauguration became necessary in order to get staff familiar with and identify and recognize the chairmen and members of the Committee for easy accessibility and administration.

    He further stated that the inauguration of the Committees was in fulfillment of his avowed resolve to involve staff at all levels in the decision-making process of management which is in line with his belief in the democratic approach to decision making.

    The Rector further stated that the Committees of Management are primarily set up to serve as veritable tools in ensuring a virile and invigorated administration and Management of the Institution towards unhindered development of the institution.

    He charged the Committee members to generate sufficient intellectual discourse for the incubation of ideas that will lead to the hatching of sound recommendations for the realization of goals and objectives of the system.

    He also mandated the various Committees to carry out their assignment with utmost dispatch and ensure optimum achievement in their mandate as specified in their terms of reference.

  • Subjects shut Ekiti monarch out of palace

    Residents of Odo Ora in Ido/Osi Local Government Area, Ekiti State have locked their monarch out of palace.

    The aggrieved residents faulted the procedure that produced the monarch, saying he failed to observe traditional rite, an act they claimed was antithetical to the tradition of the town.

    The kingmakers and other community leaders also alleged that the monarch was not formally installed as traditional procession were circumvented.

    One of the community leaders, Prof. Olawumi Ajaja, disclosed Odo Ora indigenes had nothing against the embattled monarch but the process produced him.

    Ajaja, former Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, said the locals still see the monarch as an Oba-elect alleging that traditional rites were yet to be performed.

    The monarch Obalemo of Odo Ora, Oba Samuel Akinola Adeyemo appealed to the State Government to save him from being deposed from the throne.

    The monarch in his Save My Soul (SOS) petition forwarded to the State Government on the crisis told the Deputy Governor Bisi Egbeyemi that he had been locked out of the palace by suspected hoodlums allegedly mobiliSed by some interest groups in the community.

    Egbeyemi, during a peace meeting in his office on Wednesday, condemned the violence that recently rocked the community.

    According to statement by his Special Assistant (Media) to the Deputy Governor, Odunayo Ogunmola, Egbeyemi warned that the full weight of the law would be visited on individuals fomenting trouble in Odo Ora.

    Egbeyemi said government had to summon the peace meeting following intelligence report from security agencies on possible outbreak of violence over the kingship crisis.

    The deputy governor warned stakeholders in Odo Ora to maintain peace stressing that government won’t depose any monarch in the state.

    He advised Odo Ora indigenes aggrieved with the emergence of Oba Adeyemo as the Obalemo to seek redress in the court of law.

    Egbeyemi further stressed that government would not fold its arms and allow the situation to degenerate into anarchy adding that anybody caught fomenting trouble would be arrested and prosecuted.

    The deputy governor urged parties in the crisis to report back in his office on February 21 for a follow-up peace parley to resolve the impasse.

  • Corruption can’t be wiped out anywhere – Oyegun

    The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun said Tuesday that it was practically impossible to completely wipe out corruption from any society, but said the Buhari government will ensure that corruption is degraded to the extent where it will no longer have impact on the nation’s economy.

    Chief Oyegun who spoke when he received the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida who came to inform him of the decision to confer on him the Polytechnic Fellow also said that uncharitable Nigerians will not give the government credit for degrading the Boko Haram insurgency which no longer has the capacity to hoist its flag anywhere in the country.

    Oyegun will be honoured alongside Governors Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state, Yahaya Bello of Kogi state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state and the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar at the institution’s combined convocation ceremony scheduled for March 28, 2018.

    Oyegun said even though there still challenges facing the nation, the Buhari government has taken drastic measure to address some of the ills facing the country, pointing out that while corruption is fighting back, it is no longer business as usual in the country.

    He said the country was in such a situation that it needed a man of courage to establish stability in the country and create an enabling environment for the economy to thrive, stressing that inspire of the challenges, the APC government headed by President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered in its promises.

    Chief Oyegun said the current government has been able to tame the Boko Haram insurgency to the extent that they no longer has the capacity to occupy any part of the country, but only attack soft targets.

    Oyegun said: “It is the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, a leadership that has been impossible for the opponents to distract or to derail that has made some of the things done so far possible. Yes, there are still challenges. As you rightly said, we took over in very difficult circumstances and one fundamental problem was the collapse of the price of oil in the international oil market.

    “The condition was such that we needed an extra ordinary man of courage to be able to lead the country out of the crisis that we inherited, to the increasing stability of economy and the progress that this nation is clearly beginning to attain. So, I consider that I am receiving this award on behalf of the President and government of this nation who has performed such tremendous miracle in reviving the Nigerian economy in a situation of declining resources.

    “We know how the fight against corruption is going on and that corruption is fighting back. It is not a problem you solve with the flip of a switch because corruption is very rich, it is very wealth and elitist and it is fighting back. But the President has a single mind about taming that scourge and tame it we will. 

    “We know now that corruption today is not as it was before. You can no longer take money from the government coffer and distribute to politicians and the rest of them. That alone is already a benefit and all the leakages have all been blocked. 

    “Nobody is saying that corruption has been wiped out because there is no country in the world where corruption has been wiped out, but it is being tackled in Nigeria and will degraded to the extent that it will no longer be a threat to the national economy or become an acceptable way of lodging business.

    “Boko Haram is tamed, but uncharitable people will go and say there are still explosions and killings. As at yesterday, there was still explosion in tenUnited States of America. 

    “Those crazy isolated incidents are aimed at soft targets. When a person is crazy and aiming at soft target, it is only God and inspiration that can stop such people. But what is clear is that Boko Haram has been totally degraded to the extent that it does not occupy any inch of Nigerian territory where it can raise its flag.

    “A lot of facilities are being out on ground especially the modern railway system that is going to be the bedrock of development in this country. You cannot carry meaningful development on trucks on the High way. 

    “It has to be carried on a modern railway system and the President has made that a priority and today we can say that on the implementation plan it now, is 5000 kilometer of modern standard gauge of railway line cutting across the entire length and breadth of this country.”

    Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Dr. Abubakar Dzukogi said the Polytechnic decided to honour the APC National Chairman because of his achievement in leading the party to a major victory in the 2015 election, and putting in place a government that achieved a lot in repositioning the country.

    Describing Oyegun as a master strategist and a silent achiever, the Rector said the achievement of the Buhari government in repositioning the country, especially in the area of security and agriculture among others was worth commending.

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  • Buhari appoints new Rector for Ado-Ekiti Fed Poly

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Aladebeye as the sixth substantive Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.

    According to the letter appointing Aladebeye dated 1st March, 2018 and signed by Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, the appointment is with effect from 23rd February, 2018.

    Oladebeye before his latest appointment was earlier appointed as the Acting Rector on 18th December, 2017 following the expiration of the tenure of the immediate past Rector, Dr. Theresa Akande.

    According to a statement on Tuesday by the Deputy Registrar, Information, Mr. Ade Adeyemi-Adejolu, Oladebeye is the first alumnus of the Polytechnic to rise to the position of Rector.

    Oladebeye, 55, graduated from the institution with Distinction in Mechanical Engineering in 1986 and joined the services of the Polytechnic as a Technologist in 1987.

    The new rector holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering rising through the ranks to become a Chief Lecturer, the highest academic appointment in a Polytechnic, in 2007.

    He had at various times served three times as Head of Department, Dean of the School of Engineering and Deputy Rector for four years.

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  • 10,000 apply to Offa Poly for admission

    10,000 apply to Offa Poly for admission

    About 10,000 candidates applied for admission at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state during the 2017 and 2018 academic session, Rector of the school, Dr Lateef Olatunji has said.

    He added however that only 3,624 got admission.

    The Rector said this in Offa, at the 2017/2018 matriculation ceremony, saying “let me proudly inform you that you are fortunate to be admitted into this polytechnic.”

    “For 2017/2018 academic session, a total number of 5,145 applied for higher national diploma (HND) admission, 1710 were admitted. Also 4,462 applicants applied for National Diploma (ND) through Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) while only 1,914 were admitted.

    “This, I hope should be the basis for you all to justify your admission be dedicating yourselves to the already established tradition of academic excellence and professional discipline which the polytechnic is known for.”

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    Dr Olatunji continued: “My dear students, your presence here is a testimony of your ambition and determination to become somebody important in future and from this day forth, you shall be ambassador of this polytechnic.

    “You need to continually remember that the distance between today’s ceremony and convocation is not wide and it is important that the journey ends successfully. For this to happen, you need to be regular in attendance at lectures, carry out all your assignments, shun deviant behavior and other vices that can expose you and others to dangers.

    “The Polytechnic has zero tolerance for cultism, any form of hooliganism, cheating during examination or continuous assessment, stealing, physical and sexual assault. I need to further advise you to show respect to your colleagues and staff in the polytechnic to make your stay here fruitful and productive. Be modest and decent in your dressing and approach to issues”

  • Fuel scarcity: Osun residents decry hike in transport fare

    Fuel scarcity: Osun residents decry hike in transport fare

    Residents of Osogbo, the Osun State capital and its environs have decried the hike in the price of intra transport fare in the state due to scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit ( PMS ), also known as petrol .

    Some of the residents said on Tuesday in Osogbo said the hike in the transport fare was affecting their daily income.

    Mrs Yetunde Aderogba, a civil servant said due to the hike in the transport fare, she now spent more on transportation to work on a daily basis.

    Aderogba said that the `Korope’ (mini buses) and Okada riders have increased the transport fare by 30 to 40 per cent, adding that the increase was due to the fuel scarcity and hike price where fuel is available.

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    “Before now I use to pay N50 from my house to secretariat but now, I pay between N80 and N90.

    Similarly, Nike Adeyobo, a student of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, said she now pays more to transport herself from her house in Osogbo to the campus.

    Adeyobo said that she paid N150 as transport fare to school compared to the previous fare of N100.

    “This is unbearable because I now pay more on transportation; Government needs to do something urgent to address the situation.”

    Also, Mr Taiwo Samuel, an Okada rider, said until the pump price was reverted, the hire in transport fare will continue.

    Some of the Petrol Independent Marketers who spoke under the condition of anonymity said that selling fuel at N145 per litre was not profitable for them.

    “Until government does the needful, the price will remain like that. Selling at N145 now will result in a big loss to us because we are also lifting the fuel at a higher price”, they said.

    NAN visit to some of the filing stations revealed that majority of the filling station were selling at N180 per litre.

    Only few filling stations such as Bovas, Total and NNPC and few others were selling at the official price, with a very long queue.

    NAN

  • Penalty for rioting

    Penalty for rioting

    The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti (ADO POLY) management has asked students to pay N20,000 reparation fee for the properties vandalised during a riot that engulfed the school last month. ODUNAYO OGUNMOLA reports.

    Preparation fee of N20,000 has been charged each student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti (ADO POLY), as a condition for assessment returning to school. The campus was shut last month following a rampage by students, who were protesting the death of their colleague, Oluwafemi Vincent Taiwo, in the school’s clinic.

    The rioters burnt down the clinic and smashed windshields of vehicles. They also looted eggs and chickens from the school’s poultry.

    The management set up an administrative panel to investigate the immediate cause of the violence. The Governing Council also set up an investigative panel of inquiry into the riot.

    Based on the assessment of the destruction, the administrative panel initially recommended that students be made to pay between N40,000 and N50,000 as reparation fee. The Council’s panel recommended a N21,000 reparation fee.

    But, at a joint meeting of the Council, management and Academic Board members held earlier this month, the recommendations of all the panels were considered. The national leadership of National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) and National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) intervened in the matter, pleading on behalf of students.

    This prompted the school to take a unanimous decision and recommend a reparation fee of N20,000 for each student.

    Mixed reactions trailed the fee’s introduction. While some students rejected the fee, The Nation gathered that majority of students complied with the directive and paid the money online.

    Students who paid took the payment evidence, sworn affidavit and letter of indemnity to the school in order to be cleared for resumption.

    It was learnt that an interim report detailing the names of the violence perpetrators was submitted to the Council. The indicted students, it was gathered, will be made to face the Students’ Disciplinary Committee. The Director of Academic Affairs, George Oyawoye, said: “We hope to identify the perpetrators and give them fair hearing. If need be, those involved in criminal activities will be handed over to the police.”

    A source in the management told The Nation that the school would fix the property destroyed immediately. It was gathered that plans were being made to create a temporary health facility to enable members of the polytechnic community have access to medical care. A building has been identified to serve as temporary Health Centre.

    “As soon as students pay the reparation fees, we will intensify efforts to restore the destroyed facilities because the polytechnic cannot operate without Health Centre,” the source said.

    Students have been reacting to the payment of the reparation fee. Bridget Ikponwosa, a Higher National Diploma (HND) 1 student, said he did not join the violent protest, saying it would be unfair on him to be made to pay the money.

    He said: “What pains me most about the N20,000 reparation fee was that, I was nowhere near the campus on that day of the incident. Now, I am being made to pay for a sin I never committed. I have relocated to an off-campus residence with a friend and I have already called my parents who promised to send the money next week. I think it is unfair.”

    Segun Ayegbusi, another HND student, said: “The destruction of the school property by students is condemnable, but the management is not fair to have imposed N20,000 on each of us. I have not even fully paid my school fees; I am asked to be paying the reparation fee.”

    Favour Adumati said his civil servant parents had not been paid salaries by the state government. “What worries me the most is that, examination has been scheduled to start on November 27 and we have been running around to get the money.”

    Iyanuoluwa Ogunsola, another student, described the fee as “exorbitant”, saying: “We have no reason not to pay the money. I strongly disagree with tying it to registration for examination because I am afraid, it is not all students that will pay before examination starts.”