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JUST IN: Nigerian Governor Suspends Poly Management After Surprise Visit (Photo)
- “As far as I am concerned, this Polytechnic is dead. Nothing is working.”
EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has suspended the entire management of Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri, the state capital for a period of six months.
The governor made the declaration during a surprise visit to the state-owned polytechnic on Tuesday.
Governor Zulum, who expressed disappointment over the deplorable condition of workshops and laboratories in the institution, further directed the Borno State Commissioner of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Babagana Mallumbe, to take over the affairs of the polytechnic with immediate effect.
It was gathered that the governor visited the Polytechnic around 9:00am on Tuesday and found most of the laboratories out of use with some covered by cobwebs and rodents roaming around due to neglect.
EKOHOTBLOG reports that Governor Zulum was a student of Ramat Polytechnic from 1986 to 1988.
The governor bagged National Diploma in Agricultural Engineering before returning to the Polytechnic as a rector from 2011 to 2015.
However, Zulum, while speaking after the assessment of the institution, said, “As far as I am concerned, this Polytechnic is dead. Nothing is working. The workshops are not in existence, the mechanical workshop is not working, the agricultural workshop is not working, likewise, the entrepreneurship centre is not working.
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“The school is facing myriads of problems, ranging from lack of funding and commitment. As a former student of this polytechnic, a former rector, I have moral stakes in this polytechnic. Insha’Allah, I will not allow this polytechnic to rot during my era as Governor of Borno State. I will do everything possible within my reach to ensure the functionality of this institution Insha Allah.
“I have directed the Commissioner of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to take over the affairs for the next six months. The ministry is to ensure that all the workshops and the laboratories are put back to use as soon as possible.
“The entrepreneurship centre should immediately be put back to use as well. When I was at the polytechnic as a rector, the entrepreneurship centre was producing nothing less than 10,000 to 20,000 school desks and chairs every month. We produced hospital beddings,” the governor stated.
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