The Ogun State Government has announced that the National Board for Technical Education and the Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board have granted full approvals for the take off of academic activities at the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia with immediate effect.
It will be recalled that some students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta on Monday visited the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta to express their concerns about the delay in the commencement of their examinations and continued strike action of the lecturers, which they noted had greatly undermined the completion of their various programmes at the institution.
The state government said although a section of the students displayed some unacceptable conduct while the interaction lasted, “but as a responsible government, we appreciate their anxiety and therefore assured them that government was working day and night to ensure that all issues relating their concerns were resolved”.
It said following several inspection visits to the site of the Polytechnic, “we are delighted to report that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted accreditation to the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia to commence academic activities in18 programmmes”.
In a related development, JAMB has also announced the opening of its portals for prospective students to enable them register for courses at the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia for the 2017/2018 Academic Session.
This development, the state government said, further confirms its position that the interest and welfare of all students of its various institutions as well as their parents is paramount and “will always be accorded a pride of place by our government. We are confident that normalcy will return to these institutions very shortly.”
The statement, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, added: “For the benefit of all stakeholders, we like to state that the crisis arose in the first place from the refusal of the lecturers to call off their strike.
“Among their demands is that government must pay them full salaries including the months they did not work on account of an illegal and totally unwarranted work to rule action. For the avoidance of doubt, Government restates that no one will be paid for work not done. And no one will be allowed to hold the good people of Ogun State to ransom.
“We call on our students to immediately return to their classes as we continue to work round the clock to resolve other outstanding issues.”
Ogun Poly Ipokia gets accreditation, approval to admit students
