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  • 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.

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    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.

  • Oko Poly disowns robbery suspect

    The Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, has disowned the robbery suspect arrested in Uga, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.

    Chimezie Udoka, who was accused of burglary and theft, had claimed to be a student of the department of Mass Communication of the institution.

    A statement by spokesman, Obini Onuchukwu, said Udoka’s records were not found in the department.

    The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a video circulating on social media, where a certain Chimezie Udoka, a robbery suspect, claimed to be a Mass Communication student of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State.

    “We wish to inform the public that his name was not found in our records hence the video should be discountenanced as one of those malicious attempts aimed at tarnishing the school’s image.”

    Onuchukwu added that the public was free to contact the Head of Department/Dean, School of Information Technology, on any issue or information which needs clarification.

  • Confusion at Oko Poly over collapsed building

    There was confusion yesterday at the Federal Polytechnic in Oko, Anambra State, following the collapse of a two-storey building at the school’s extension.

    While some students said the building collapsed though without any casualty, the school management said such incident did not occur.

    Students, who spoke with our reporter, said the Public Administration building, which was at the roofing stage, collapsed in the early hours of yesterday.

    But the management claimed that a part of the building was deliberately pulled down when structural defects were noticed.

    Security agencies barricaded the road to the extension site to prevent people from accessing the place.

    Students, whose departments were located in the area, were advised to stay away.

    Efforts to see the affected building were rebuffed by the polytechnic’s security outfit, led by the chief Security Officer (CSO), who insisted that nobody would enter the site.

    Also, the school’s Rector, Prof. Godwin Onu, could not be reached for comments on the incident.

    The Deputy Rector in charge of Administration, Ejike Nwabuona, insisted that no building collapsed at the polytechnic.

    Nwabuona addressed reporters in company of the institution’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Obini Onuchukwu.

    He said: “Following the recent collapse of five buildings at Nwagu, Amaokpla and Ekwulobia, all around Oko town, the management of Oko Polytechnic decided to engage the services of building materials testing consultants to test all completed and ongoing buildings in the institution.”

    Nwabuona also said the area was known for having weak soil, making Oko and its neighbouring communities prone to gully erosion.

    He added: “In the course of the exercise, our engineer discovered that part of the Public Administration building had defects and the management decided to pull down the affected part for correction and fortification.

    “The present management of the polytechnic has completed 13 gigantic buildings and all of them are in perfect condition and ready for inauguration. It is, therefore, not true that any building had collapsed at Oko Poly.”

    Yesterday’s incident at the polytechnic was the second in less than two months.

     

  • Oko Poly functional, says TETFUND

    The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has described the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, (Oko Poly) in Anambra State as functional during the tour of tertiary institutions by the new Board of Trustees of the fund.

    Member, Southeast Board of Trustees (BoT) of the body, Chinedu Onu, who led the visitation team, said they were impressed with the infrastructural development in the school.

    He said the polytechnic was the best out of the three institutions they visited in the region, saying that its management was vibrant and responsive.

    Onu charged the polytechnic to strengthen its exchange programmes with foreign institutions, adding that it would help the polytechnic to improve its research projects and become a world-class institution.

    He decried the inability of Nigeria’s polytechnics to be listed as one of the best 1000 technology institutions in the world, urging authorities of the school to ensure that it specialises in a key area of research.

    The Rector, Prof Godwin Onu, commended the Federal Government for the bold initiative to revive the education sector through TETFUND. He lauded government for its improved budgetary allocation to education. Prof Onu called on government to assist the school to tackle its challenges and remain relevant.

    He called on TETFUND to assist the polytechnic to build a 3,000 capacity electronic classroom with computers, saying that this would assist the polytechnic to achieve its digitalisation objective.