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  • YABATECH Rector cleared of graft allegations

    Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) Rector Dr Margaret Ladipo has been cleared of corruption allegations by the police

    The Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF) and YABATECH Governing Council also dismissed the allegation, saying the claims were baseless.

    The police, HOSF and Governing Council said the allegations were the handiwork of suspended YABATECH bursar Olugbenga Ibirogba

    Dismissing allegations, Governing Council Chairman Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said the rector was  transparent in her dealings.

    He said: “Every contract awarded under the Rector’s watch went through due process, and no member of the Governing Council was in any way rewarded for facilitating her second term. She got it purely on the basis of merit, on the basis of her exceptional achievements in her first tenure in office.

    “Dr. Ladipo, with the unwavering support of the Governing Council, and amid paucity of funds, has been able to consolidate on these amazing achievements of which both staff and students are exceedingly proud.”

    Babatope  said the council approved the Rector’s N5 million security vote, because of the college’s security challenges.

    A statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Charles Oni, said Ibirogba’s petitions were sent to the Federal Ministry of Education, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Inspector-General of Police, Chief of Staff to the President, HOSF and the Governing Council.

    It said the council, at the HOSF’s instance, set up a five-man Committee led by Hon. Shehu Ibrahim Kagara to investigate the allegations. The panel, in a report dated September 13, 2013 held that the rector was not guilty.

    In a letter to the Rector dated September 27, 2013, the Registrar and Secretary to Council, Biekoroma Amakapabo, noted: “The Council is satisfied with the findings of the Committee that the allegations were spurious and baseless; and a mischief intended to malign the character of the Rector.”

    On December 30, 2013, the Ministry of Education, through Mrs. H.U. Abdullahi, Director Tertiary Education, also cleared the Rector, saying she is “exonerated of all the allegations as they were baseless and spurious.”

    In January, last year, Ibirogba rehashed the allegations in fresh petitions.

    A report dated August 27, last year, and signed by Arungwa Nwazue, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Admin) on behalf of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Abuja, described the allegations as “trivial, frivolous, false and lacking in credibility”. It recommended that Ibirogba “be arraigned in court for giving false information to the police.”

     

  • Rector chairs committee

    The FEDPOFFA Rector, Dr Mufutau Olatinwo, has been elected as chairman of the Committee of Federal Rectors (COFER).

    Rector, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Dr Philipa Idogho, will serve as his deputy.

    Their administration would run till the expiration of their tenures as rectors.

    Meanwhile, more awards of recognition for service to the education sector and the society have come the way of Dr. Olatiwo.

    In Minna, Niger State, the Rector bagged the fellowship/entrepreneurship award of the Institute of Classic Entrepreneurship (ICENT). He had earlier been made a member of the Advisory Board of the institute.

  • Rector warns against environmental degradation

    The Rector of Ogun State Institute of Technology,(OGITECH), Igbesa, Dr Olufunke Akinkurolere, has implored Nigerians to be more environmental-friendly in their approach. This, according to her, would guard against the depletion of the ozone layer.

    Akinkurolere spoke at the inaugural meeting of Nigeria Environmental Society (NES) which OGITECH hosted.

    She said people should be conscious of their action with respect to environmental hazard especially at a time where the planet earth has become a victim of environmental challenges.

    Akinkurolere described environmental protection as a science which should start from homes, adding that OGITECH will remain in the forefront in the quest for environmental friendliness. She admonished NES to consolidate its relationship with the institutions’chapter.

    Akinkurolere affired that OGITECH have been working tirelessly since 2007 to ensure that Igbesa community remains environmental-friendly.

    The Chairman, Lagos Island Chapter of NES Mr Ekoko Oritsetimeyin John, promised that the Ogun State chapter of NES would be launched before the World Environmental Day in June. The inaugural meeting forms an integral part of development as it creates forum to further interact with existing and intending members, Oritsetimeyin added.

    Oritsetimeyin who represented by Ms Mayowa Ajayi, an administrator with NES, said Lagos Island chapter will strengthen their relationship OGITECH’s. Since there is no chapter in Ogun State, OGITECH chapter, Oritsetimeyin assured, would be made the state headquarters which is expected to birth others.

    The protem chairman of the association, Mr Henry Anwan, said the membership of NES rose from two when it was established in 2008 to 28 members at present. Mebebrship, he added, is opened to students and graduates.

  • 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.”

     

  • Use computers to learn, Auchi Poly Rector urges students

    The Rector of the Auchi Polytechnic, Dr. Phillipa Idogho, has advised newly-admitted students to adopt the correct use of computers for learning.

    Speaking to the over 12,000 new students gathered at the school’s sport complex for the 32nd matriculation last Saturday, Dr Idogho said education is now going the way of electronic learning, therefore, students should be prepared, adding that the polytechnic has four electronic learning centers.

    She said: “As much as we have encouraged staff to be computer literate, it is also necessary that students begin to imbibe the correct use of computers for learning. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Nigeria Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) project has developed instructional materials in seven disciplines that can be downloaded.

    “These materials are available in building technology, computer science, quantity surveying, civil engineering technology, science laboratory technology and mechanical engineering technology. Please visit their websites at www.unesco-nigeriatve.”

    Dr Idogho congratulated the freshers on their admission and enjoined them to be conversant with the rules and regulations operating in the school.

    She, however, frowned at students that present fake credentials.

    “It is forbidden in this institution, the polytechnic has verification mechanisms for ensuring that students with fake credentials are detected. Know that when caught, the sanction is expulsion for presentation of fake credentials and rustication for examination malpractices,” she said.

    She assured the students that the management is determined to make the learning environment conducive for them so they can optimize their time for learning.

    “I urge you all to take full advantage of this priviledge of admission by working studiously to attain your goals and ambition in this institution. On our part, we will do all we need to make you men and women of character “she advised.

    Also at the event, the Student Union Government (SUG) led by the President, Comrade Sanni Kafeel, presented an educational award of excellence to the rector.

    “This award is being presented in appreciation for the laudable achievements you have made in the infrastructural, academic and human development of our great institution. Auchi Polytechnic under your leadership has reached tremendous goals.

    “On behalf of the executive members of the SUG and the entire Nigerian students of Auchi Polytechnic, I present this award for your contribution not only to Polytechnic but the development of education in Africa,” said Kafeel.

     

  • Be good ambassadors, Rector urges students

    The Rector, Abia State Polytechnic (Abia Poly), Elder Allwell Onukaogu, has urged freshers of the institution to take their studies seriously and be good ambassadors of their families and the college.

    He spoke at the institution’s matriculation.

    Over 5, 250 freshers have sworn to an oath, promising to be of good behaviour. The students promised to shun cultism and examination during their matriculation, assuring that their conduct would not dent the image of the institution.

    Of the over 10,000 applicants, who applied to study at the polytechnic, Onukaogu said only 5,250 met the admission requirement. They were admitted into programmes in regular and part- time courses for National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND).

    Onukaogu advised the freshers to use the opportunity of their admission to add values to their lives. He told them the destructive effect of cultism, drug abuse and prostitution, stressing that the vices could never help them in their academic pursuits.

    The occasion witnessed a large turnout of students, parents and guardians. Some of the freshers described the ceremony as a milestone in their lives.

    Mary Ikorwa, a 100-Level Accounting student, said: “It is a 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.”

    Wisdom Nwosu, Ikorwa’s classmate thanked God for keeping him alive to witness his “special day” with his relatives and friends. He promised to graduate on top of her class.

  • Ex-ASUP chair condemns attacks on Auchi Poly’s Rector

    A former Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) at the Auchi Polytechnic, Pastor Okosun George Okosun, has condemned what he called the sponsored attacks on the school’s Rector, Dr. PhiIipa Idogho.

    Okosun was reacting to a magazine’s story, which accused the rector and her husband, Dr. Idogbo, of running the institution as their personal estate.

    The former union leader described the allegations as products of a disenchanted and disgruntled group of people clamouring for the removal of the rector for no just cause.

    He said the incitement against the rector had become a blessing in disguise.

    Okosun said: “In Dr Idogho’s administration, overnight we see monumental growth and development of infrastructure simultaneously taking place on campuses with the construction of inter-connecting access road network within campuses stretching between Auchi-Ibie to Aviele axis, zooming out in Iyekhe Girls’ Grammar School’s gate like a holy cross.

    “Public expectation goes beyond destructive criticisms for which, if Sharia laws were to be evoked, that crooked hand of Esau but the voice of Jacob would have suffered outright amputation.”

  • Fire: Rector seeks help to recover losses

    The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Dr Taiwo Akande, has appealed to the Ekiti State Government, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), and other arms of the Federal Government to help the polytechnic overcome the monumental loss it suffered as a result of last Friday’s fire that razed the institution’s School of Engineering complex.

    In a statement signed by Mr Ade Adeyemi-Adejolu, Deputy Registrar, Information, the Rector lamented the damage caused by the fire and expressed concern about how the institution would recover from the loss.

    She said an emergency meeting of the Governing Council was still in session around 11:05 pm on the fateful day when some students raised alarm about the fire.  However, despite the combined efforts of the men of the Ekiti State Fire Service, the Polytechnic fire fighting officers and the students, the fire destroyed the building.

    She said the fire completely destroyed the complex housing the office of the Dean of the School of Engineering and other adjourning offices including those of the Departmental Heads of Mechanical, Civil, Electrical/ Electronics and Agricultural Engineering and a large classroom along with many sensitive and un-replaceable documents and materials ranging from computer systems, furniture items, office cabinets and the building complex.

    Investigation has begun to unravel the source of the fire as there was neither electricity supply nor any bush burning at the time of the incident.

  • Friends laud Rector’s reappointment

    Friends laud Rector’s reappointment

    The reappointment of Dr. Cele Njoku, as the Rector of Nekede Polytechnic by President Goodluck Jonathan, has been commended by a group called the Friends of Dr. Cele Njoku.

    They said the tremendous transformation witnessed in the institution during her first tenure justified her reappointment for a second tenure.

    The group claimed that peace and tranquility has returned to the polytechnic since Dr Njoku took over as Rector, adding that the feat was achieved as a result of her determination to improve the state of things in the institution.

    At a press briefing in Owerri, spokesperson of the group, Comrade Loveth Ekwemalor, who is also the Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), said Dr Njoku made Nekede Polytechnic the best in the Southeast zone.

    She disclosed that the in 2014, the Polytechnic was the most sought after institution among Federal and State Polytechnics in the country according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

    She said: “The infrastructural transformation and the conducive learning environment the institution enjoys today speak volumes of the judicious use of available resources, effective coordination of human resources and leadership vision, dexterity and the commitment of the Rector which led to the completion of some of the projects started by her predecessors and the ones she initiated within a short period of assumption of office.”

    She listed some of the achievements of the Rector to include the completion of the Evening and Weekend Programme buildings, tarring of intra-campus roads, construction of ultra-modern building complex for the Staff Nursery/Primary School, renovation and equipping of the institution’s medical centre, establishment of a functional work centre among other gigantic projects.

    The SSANU boss also noted that within two years of Njoku’s administration, programme such as Arts and Design, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, HND Mass Communication, HND Electrical Electronics, were accredited at the institution.

    Other members of the group include Mrs. Christina Ezem, Lady Nneoma Ugbolue, Chinyere Sani, Mrs. Odisa Okeke, Princess Prisca Iroegbu, Mrs. Chinatu Iloeje, Mrs. Pamela Nnenna Ogamba and Dr Blessing Ekemezie.

    Others are: Mrs. Regina Eke-Opara, Mrs. Chidi Oparah, Mrs. Nwaozuzu Norah, and Mr. Paul C. Nwachukwu.

  • Rector advises freshers against vices

    The 21st matriculation of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa (OFFA POLY) in Kwara State has been held on Thursday at the 1,000-capacity Lecture Theatre.

    At the event, the Rector, Dr Muftau Olatinwo, advised the freshers to shun vices that could terminate their academic pursuits.

    Olainwo, who was represented at the event, said: “Let me make it abundantly clear that polytechnic has zero tolerance for vices. Having taken the matriculation oath today, I urge you to respect and observe the oath by eschewing all crimes, such as cultism, examination misconduct, drug addiction, rape, murder, prostitution, indecent dressing, kidnapping and any form of violence against humanity.

    “This polytechnic is governed by laws and the instrument of law shall be applied at anyone that commits infraction. I advise you to guard your admission jealousy and resist anything that may want to rub you of this golden privilege to study in this institution.”

    The Rector added that the polytechnic students topped the list of beneficiaries of state government’s scholarship, urging the freshers to brace up for excellence. He said the institution aimed to produce confident, self-reliant and knowledgeable graduates, who could compete with their peers anywhere in the world.

    The Rector ended his speech, urging the students to keep to the institution’s measures to prevent outbreak of deadly diseases, such as the Ebola on the campus.

    The president of Students’ Union Government (SUG), Festus Adedeji, appealed to the students to report strange activities around them to appropriate authority to ensure their security. “Do not go to unsafe locations. Avoid the company of people with suspicious and questionable character and if your life is being threatened by anybody, do not hesitate to contact the security unit or the Students’ Affairs Unit,” he said.

    Some of the matriculating students spoke to CAMPUSLIFE. Fatima Mustipha, an HND 1 Office Technology and Management student, said: “I am happy for being re-admitted again into the institution after my National Diploma. I am glad to be back.”

    Ganiyu Ayodeji, a 16-year-old admitted to study Quantity Surveying, said: “It feels good to gain admission at first trial. God did it for me and I will not disappoint.”

    After the official ceremony, the polytechnic’s drama group entertained the guests and the students.