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  • Poly, CPN partner

    The polytechnic and the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) have entered into a partnership to encourage full membership of staff and students of FEDPOFFA.

    This decision was reached during a visit of CPN team to FEDPOFFA management. The CPN team was led by the Head, Education, Examination and Training Department, Mr. Idowu Olusile who stated that the purpose was to ensure full registration of staff and students of the Computer Science Department as members of Council. This, according to him, was to purge quacks among the professionals.

    Responding, Head of the Computer Science Department, Mr. Saheed Ajibade, also noted that except for the newly employed staff, all others were registered members of the Council. On student membership, he promised to put up measures to encourage the students to register with the Council.

  • Edo Poly graduates for NYSC

    Graduating Higher National Diploma (HND) students of Edo State Polytechnic, formerly Edo State Institute of Technology and Management, Usen in Ovia Southwest Council of the state are to be mobilise for the next batch of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

    This was the fallout of the visit by 12 representatives of the National Board For Technical Education (NBTE) accreditation team to the school.

    Leader of the team, Elder Augustine Efedika, described their visit as a rescue mission to enable the affected students participate in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in the next batch.

    He said a similar move had been carried out at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, and the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku.

    Programmes to be accredited in the school included: HND in Computer Science and Electrical and Electronics.

    Efedika recalled that last year,the 12 courses presented to NBTE were accredited.

    The Commissioner for Higher Education, Washington Osifo, who was represented by Dr Irene Okakua, a Director in the state Ministry of Education, also said in the previous  year, the first phase of accreditation was successful, adding that the government has deployed enough resources to ensure the success of the HND courses.

    In his welcome address, the Chairman of the Governing Council, Rev. Peter Obadan and the Acting Rector, Comrade Patience .O. Edomioya, praised the government’s repeated assistance especially during accreditation period. Edomioya promised that workers, management and students will not disappoint the government.

     

  • Kwara Poly suspends students for alleged crimes

    Authorities of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin have suspended four students for alleged involvement in criminal activities.

    The Principal Assistant Registrar (Academic), Mr. Ahmed Yahaya, said in a statement that the suspension followed a report received from Oke-Oyi Divisional Police Headquarters.

    One of the students, with registration number ND/12/PA/PT/610, was arrested for alleged unlawful possession of two live cartridges. Two others with registration numbers ND/13/COM/FT/394 and ND/14/COM/FT/843 were nabbed by the police for alleged membership of an unlawful society.

    The statement said a female student among the suspended students, with registration number ND13/PS/FT/903, was accused of unlawful possession of knife and charm.

    It said the suspension was in line with the polytechnic’s practice to suspend any student under investigation, pending the outcome of the investigation by the police.

  • TUC urges Wike to recall sacked poly workers

    TUC urges Wike to recall sacked poly workers

    The Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday urged Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to recall the 344 lecturers and other employees of the Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori.

    In a statement by its President, Bobboi Bala Kaigama, and Secretary General Musa Lawal, TUC said: “If the reported cases of mass sack of 344 lecturers and others employed at the Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori, since September 2014 by the past administration, led by Chibuike Amaechi, and the disbandment of the Rivers State Road Traffic Management Authority (TIMA-RIV) are anything to go by, then the union might be tempted to believe that Wike is out to play politics of vendetta.”

    The TUC noted that such action would not be in tandem with the nation’s wish and Rivers interest.

    It decried the sack, especially with the grave consequences it portends to the affected workers, their dependants and the society.

    The union  said the governor’s actions were most likely the fallout of the political acrimony that characterised the period before and during the general elections in the state.

    It said such considerations ought to have gone with that period.

    The statement said: “Right now, good governance should be the governor’s priority.”

  • Missing Ogun Poly student found dead in shrine

    It was a horrific sight when the decomposing remains of 21 year old Morenikeji Owolabi were discovered in a shrine at the rustic Eposo village, Ishara, in Remo North Local Government Council of Ogun state.

    Morenikeji, a female student of Science Laboratory Technology department at the Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, hails from Ekiti state but was said to be missing some days ago.

    But on Tuesday, her dismembered and decomposing remains were found littered at a Shrine by policemen.

    The girl was allegedly lured to the shrine by a herbalist, Femi Awise, where she was found dead.

    Awise, a native of Isara and prime suspect, is said to be on the run but five persons suspected to be working for him, including a cyclist who conveyed the girl to the shrine and an apprentice of Awise, have been arrested.

    The suspects are Adeyemi Ademolu (the cyclist), Omolaso Taiwo (Awise’s apprentice), Lateef Ali, Akinyemi Dare, and Sokoya Wasiu.

    According to Ademolu, the victim spoke with Awise twice seeking information about the direction while being conveyed to the shrine.

    The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Valentine Ntomchukwu, led some reporters to the shrine tucked inside a forest.

    He said investigation had started to ascertain how the victim was killed.

    Although the decaying legs of the girl exhumed from a shallow grave few meters away from the shrine were discovered but The Nation gathered that investigation continues to trace where her head, breasts and private part were kept.

    The cubicle – size shrine made of corrugated iron sheets,  was strewn with scary fetish objects, bottles of palm oil  knives, plates and a pot filled with boiled human flesh and which had also began to emit foul odour.

    Ntomchukwu said, “What we want to tell the public is that they should monitor the movement of their wards and children, especially when they are left to be in school and other public institutions.

    “They should always keep watch over their children, call them regularly and where they don’t see them, they should quickly report to the police.

    “If we had received this report on time, we would have been able to trace this lady. By the time we got the report, we now started scouting for information, only to arrest the okada man (motorcyclist) that brought her to the Shrine.

    “It was from that okada man that we were able to know that she was taken to this area and by discreet investigation, we were able to discover this shrine.

    “We don’t know how long this shrine has been in existence but we assure you that this particular nefarious activity would be put to an end.”

    The Local Government chairman, Femi Soyemi, who was shocked and appalled by the horrible discovery said he never believe such savagery could exist in his domain.

    Soyemi said, “I was shocked because I never expected this kind of horrible and brutal thing exists here.”

    Also, a 40-year-old kidnapper, Emeka Obi, was arrested by the Police in connection with the kidnapping a 97-year-old nonagenarian, Mr. Iposiola Samaiye.

    Ntomchukwu told reporters that Obi and members of his gang, kidnapped Pa Samaiye from his home in Ijebu-Isire last Thursday, and demanded ransom for his release but the Police trailed them to the forest where the victim was held captive.

    According to him, Pa Samaiye is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in Ijebu Ode.

  • Poly advises freshers on drug abuse

    Poly advises freshers on drug abuse

    To fewer than 2,830 freshers took the oath of matriculation at Heritage Polytechnic in Eket, Akwa Ibom State last weekend. The new intakes were told to be of good behavior and shun vices that could dent the image of the institution. Any student found guilty of misconduct will be expelled, the school management said.

    The Registrar, Mrs Iniobong Ekott, administered the oath on the students, who were admitted into full and part time studies for National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND).

    The Rector, Elder Udoyiu Udoyiu, urged the students to take their studies seriously and also be good ambassadors of their families and communities. He said of the over 5,000 candidates applied to the polytechnic, but only 2,830 met the admission requirements.

    Udoyiu advised the freshers to maximise the opportunity of their admission to add values to their lives, urging them to shun cultism, drug abuse, prostitution and others vices that could make them to lose focus of their academic pursuits.

    The occasion witnessed a large turnout of parents, guardians and relatives of the students. The freshers expressed joy, describing the ceremony as a milestone in their lives.

    Gideon Bassey, ND 1 Business Administration, said: “It is a wonderful and memorable day for me. I am glad to have my friends and family members celebrating this day with me today. I hope this matriculation would be the starting point of excellence in my life.”

    Emmanuel Ngonsor admitted into Business Administration Department, said: “I thank God for keeping me alive to witness this special day. I pray that God strengthen us through our periods of studies.”

    Nte John and Christianah Amanawaji promised to take their studies seriously.

  • 13 years after inception, Poly holds first convocation

    13 years after inception, Poly holds first convocation

    Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged graduates of  tertiary institution to make themselves agents of change, growth and development.

    He spoke at the first convocation of the Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state.

    Though established in November 2002, it was the first convocation to be organised by the institution.

    The graduates, he said, stand a chance to become instruments of sustainable growth for the nation.

    “You are now fully empowered to become instruments of sustainable development and to impact on a larger canvas. Remember that only those, who dare to dream and care to achieve have seen their destiny fulfilled,” he said.

    Uduaghan said the polytechnics was set up by the state to capture youths early and provide them with quality education.

    He said the targets were being achieved and the polytechnics have become a success story and a model to reckon with nationally.

    “This Polytechnic is a success story among higher education institutions of the country with a social objective to bring home quality engineering and management education for the benefit of our youths, thereby addressing equity and digital divide,” he said.

    Dr Uduaghan urged institutions of higher learning to organise annual convocation for their graduating students because it encourages students to strive towards competitiveness and completing the academic works with their mates.

    “I urge management of higher institutions, especially management of this institution, to make the convocation ceremony an annual event so that graduating students can look forward to it,” he said.

    Similarly, the Commissioner for Higher Education, Mr Charles Emetulu, said by organising the convocation, the institution had restored the ego of its graduates.

    “This development, no doubt, has a telling effect on the moral of our teeming graduates in their educational endeavours, which has been remedied today,” he said.

    The Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr Clara Sogbaike, disclosed that over 10,000 National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) students that graduated between 2002/2003 and 2013/2014 academic sessions were awarded their certificates.

    Awards of special recognition were given to former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Steve Oru, Senator-elect for Delta Central, Chief Ighoyota Amori, Dr (Mrs.) Elizabeth Uvo-Gardner, Prof. Solomon Okobiah, among others.

  • Poly starts exam

    Students have started writing their examinations at the Federal Polytechnic in Offa (OFFA POLY), Kwara State.

    To prepare well for the exam students have reduced their social activities.

    Muyideen Adisa, a Higher National Diploma (HND) 1 Library and Information student, said all social activities could wait till the end of the examination. “It is time to study,” he said.

    Many students were excited by the release of examination timetable  because, according to them, “the semester was prolonged by two months due to internal strike and the elections”. The semester started last December and it was expected to end in March.

    A final year student of Building Technology, Chukwuemeka Oyeche, said: “Now that we have started exam, I am happy that I will be a graduate soon. The management must not stop the exam for anything, because I cannot wait to leave the school any longer.”

  • Scrap poly now, says don

    Polytechnic education should be expunged from the  educational system to boost technical education in Nigeria and breaking into the world’s economy, a Chief Lecturer in the Department of Office Technology Management, Auchi Polytechnic, Dr Peter Iredia, has said.

    Iredia delivered the fourth inaugural lecture at the institution’s new auditorium.

    He spoke on the topic: The tripod of liberal, vocational and technical education: Politics of dichotomy in Nigeria.

    He said: “The only sure way to do this is the development of technology via qualitative and functional education. It is on this basis that this lecture is strongly recommending that polytechnic education should be expunged from the Nigerian education system.

    “All the premier polytechnics in Nigeria, i.e Yaba College of Technology, Lagos; The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Auchi, Polytechnic Auchi; Kaduna Polytechnic Kaduna; Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu; and few others that meet the required standards should be converted to universities of technology immediately to award Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech), Masters of Technology (M.Tech) and Doctors of Technology (D.Tech) degrees, with the rest polytechnics affiliated to the nearest Universities of Technology,” Iredia added.

    If done, Iredia believes the development will give a boost to technology education and place qualifications obtained from them on the same pedestal as other university qualifications so much that recipients will not only be psychologically satisfies but would also be recognised in the public service and labour market.

    He said to further plug the dichotomy between polytechnic and university education, some advanced countries are converting some polytechnics into universities.

    He bemoaned government’s apathy towards the secretarial profession, noting that modifications in its name and curriculum to correct poor perception of the profession have gone unnoticed by the appropriate authorities.

    He denounced some perceptions that inaugural lectures are meant for only universities, citing some polytechnics in Nigeria and overseas that also hold inaugural lectures.

    The Rector, Dr Philipa Idogho, said  the lecture challenges Iredia’s contemporaries to prepare for their inaugural lectures because Auchi Polytechnic would be a model in that regard.

    She said hard work, creativity and innovation has placed the institution high above its peers.

    Congratulating Iredia, she urged all to be focused on the objective of academic excellence.

     

  • Awards for rector, poly

    Kwara State Polytechnic (KWARAPOLY), Ilorin has been adjudged the most ethically responsible polytechnic in Nigeria by the Centre for Ethics Self Value Orientation.

    The Rector, Mas’ud Elelu, also received the “Ambassador of Ethics and Conscience” award.

    Presenting the awards to the Rector and the Registrar, Mr Moses Salami, President of the centre, Prince Salihu Yakubu, said the leadership of the poly justified its selection, noting that it blocked loopholes for frittering funds.

    He added that the centre has so far evaluated 38 polys in the country and found the leadership of KWARAPOLY to be upright.

    He said: “We have assessed up to 38 polytechnics from all over Nigeria and discovered that this Polytechnic is blessed with leaders who are not self centered and corrupt.

    We salute your efforts, dogged and determination to bring back the lost glory of the Polytechnics in Nigeria.”