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  • Mapoly to award degrees

    The Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State will become a degree-awarding institution, the Rector, Prof. Oludele Itiola, has disclosed.

    He said the process has since begun, and that in a few years, all that is needed for the take-off will be completed just as efforts are also being made to recruit more staff into the state -owned polytechnic.

    The Rector spoke shortly after conducting the matriculation and oath taking for new students for Diploma and Higher National Diploma programmes.

    The Rector, who advised the fresh students to face their studies and shun cultism, examination malpractice and other vices that could abort their chances of reaching worthy goals, noted that with “adequate funds” the institution would produce the needed Electronic voting technology (e-ballot box) that could help Nigeria overcome challenges of manual voting.

    A sample of an e-ballot box was produced two years ago by the polytechnic’s Electrical/Electronics Engineering Department. The device is made of transparent materials and can count electronically, 9,999 ballot papers within a given period. It also prevents ballot stuffing, among other electoral malpractices.

    Itiola said the device could be produced in large quantities not just as a contribution to the national development, but also to help tackle some of the nation’s electoral challenges that may still manifest in future elections.

    His words: “Our exploits in national development, including but not limited to the production of a fueless generating set and an electronic ballot box, to list but a few have indicated that we are not mere local champion.

    “The thing (electronic ballot box) is already workable but we need to do some fine-tuning and to do mass production is different from doing something on the pilot scale. So, we need funds.”

    He identified other challenges facing the institutions as “need for more classrooms and the need to provide some facilities in the library and providing of hostels for the students”.

    According to him, the polytechnic would in a few years to come, transmute to a degree-awarding institution as they “are well on the way and would surely be ready.”

     

  • Mapoly students block road over lecturers strike

    Mapoly students block road over lecturers strike

    Thousands of students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta on Thursday morning blocked
the four lanes Abeokuta - Siun - Sagamu road, trapping hundreds of vehicles wanting
to leave or enter the state capital.

The students who obstructed the traffic flow on both sides of the road at the point
of entrance to the Oke Mosan Governor's Office, Abeokuta with their buses, were
protesting the nationwide strike embarked upon polytechnic lecturers across the
country.

The protest was led by the Students Union Government President, Anbdul- Gafar
Adeleye and other executives. They had embarked upon the peaceful protest to the
Governor's Office, to plead with Senator Ibikunle Amosun to prevail on the lecturers
of MAPOLY to back out of the strike like their counterparts in some institutions.

Lecturers of the state - owned institution had joined the month old strike in
compliance with the directive from their national body,  to compel the State and
Federal Governments among other issues, to enlongate the retirement age of
polytechnic teachers as well as halt the disparity in treatment by employers of
labour between graduates of polytechnics and that of the universities.
  • MAPOLY expels 14 students

    MAPOLY expels 14 students

    At least 14 students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have been expelled for their roles in the crisis that trailed the Students’ Union Government elections.
    A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Sulaimon Adebiyi on Wednesday said the authorities of the polytechnic also proscribed the SUG.
    “The Management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has proscribed the Students’ Union of the Polytechnic and expelled 14 students for their roles in Tuesday’s crisis.
    “This development becomes imperative following the disruption of the Students’ Union Election, held on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 on the campus.
    “The disruption led to the cancellation of the election by the Students’ Union Electoral Committee, which was endorsed by the management.
    “While assuring parents and students of peace on campus, the management, hereby affirms that the second semester examination will commence on September 24, 2012,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the PRO as saying in the statement.