The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Dr Salisu Ogbo Usman, says the institution has secured 100 per cent accreditation for 30 programmes.
He made this known during a press conference to mark 4th combined convocation of the institution.
According to him, 30 programmes in the polytechnic had accreditation challenges before he came on board
Usman said, “To preserve the programmes and protect the credibility of the institution, the administration promptly set up a number of committees to fashioned out the means of solving the accreditation problems. With the active support of the State Government, 129 resource persons and staff from the National Board for Technical Education visited the Polytechnic between 4th to 8th April 2022, for reaccreditation of the 30 due programmes.
“To the glory of God Almighty and with the support of His Excellency, the Governor of Kogi State, all the programmes were duly reaccredited and granted Full Accreditation Status by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), a hundred per cent record.”
On the convocation, he said that the 4th combined convocation ceremony is for 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 sets of graduands.,
According to him, “since 2015, we have not been able to hold Convocation for our graduates. By the special grace of God, the convocation is finally here”.
He said that a total of 145 students are graduating with distinctions from various schools and departments at the National Diploma level.
“A total of 104 students are graduating with distinctions from various schools and departments at the Higher National Diploma level. A total of 7,653 students are graduating with National Diplomas in various programmes while a total of 4,427 students are graduating with Higher National Diplomas in various programmes.”
Our correspondent reports that the convocation ceremony is to be held on Saturday, January.
