Dr. Sadiq Yahaya, the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, on Thursday advocated private sector collaboration for the growth and development of the school.
Yahaya made the call at the 32nd matriculation ceremony for admission of students into the school’s National Diploma and Higher National Diploma programmes.
He said the havoc occasioned by the Boko Haram insurgency on the institution would require the support of the private sector to rebuild the institution.
He recounted that the insurgents vandalised laboratories and carted away machines and vehicles during the invasion of the institution.
He noted that the dwindling number of student’s enrolment was due to the experience of Boko Haram, insisting that the institution was peaceful and safe.
Yahaya said: “We are still recounting the sad experience of the Boko Haram incidence in the polytechnic.
“They vandalized properties of an unquantifiable magnitude as laboratory equipment were vandalized, official vehicles removed and then the killings.
“Although I can authoritatively confirm to you that the security situation in the entire place is guaranteed.
“I commend the security operatives for their tremendous job by keeping vigil on the entire campus.
“This informed why we are calling on the private sector and well to do individuals to support this institution to rebuild its vandalized infrastructure.”
The Rector said the issue of students’ hostel would continue to be of concern to the management.
Yahaya called on the Federal Government to consider the plight of the students in the area of accommodation.
He said it was not safe to accommodate students outside the school environment.
He called on parents and guardians to send their children to the institution, noting that the institution still maintained its academic standard, which it was known for.
Yahaya also called on the Federal Government to provide special intervention to the institutions that were affected by the insurgency.
He gave an assurance that normal academic programme would continue to thrive uninterrupted, stating that the hitherto industrial disharmony in the institution was a thing of the past.
He commended the management team for their cooperation and hard work for the sustainability of academic programme in the polytechnics.
He also commended the academic staff for their harmonious relationship with the management, noting that without peace, the institution would not have recorded its achievements.
Yahaya advised the new students to inculcate good conducts as well as to eschew violence of any kind.
He called on the polytechnic community to be security conscious as well as to report any suspicious movement to the security agencies within the institution.
In his remarks, Dr. Sulaiman Buba, Registrar of the institution, commended members of staff for maintaining high academic standard in the polytechnic.
Buba also advised the new students to take their academic programme very serious.
He said the institution was matriculating 1,938 students for the 2015/2016 academic session, recalling that the institution in the past had admitted 5,000 students.
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