UI rusticates 97 students over poor performance:

 No fewer than 97 students of the University of Ibadan have been withdrawn by the Senate of the institution. According to the bulletin of the university, the withdrawal of the students, which has been approved by the Senate, failed to obtain the minimum academic requirements at the end of the 2014/15 session. The affected students were from seven faculties in the institution. Some of the students were in final year. The bulletin, which was signed by the Registrar, Olujimi Olukoya explained that three of the students voluntarily withdrew from the institution. It states, “Senate at its meeting approved that the candidates whose names appear on this list should withdraw from the University for failure to obtain the minimum academic requirements at the end of 2014/2015 session.”

Oko gets Campus Studio License, sets for Broadcast

 Having satisfied the conditions laid down by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Federal Polytechnic Oko has been granted License to operate a Campus Radio Station with 20Watts Transmitter Power of 98.7Megaherts Frequency. This means that the students in and outside the Polytechnic Community can now tune in to this station for Updates on National News, Sports and General School events. Attached herein are the almighty License and the studio . Just dial 106.5 and get tuned to the school radio.

Lecturer forms computer program

 

A lecturer with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal Polytechnic Bida, Dr. Kayode Ojo has created a software application, AutoCAD meant to improve students’ performance. Ojo who finished his postgraduate studies in Malaysia said that the AutoCAD was a software application used in the preparation of blue prints in architecture, construction and manufacturing and other engineering plans.
He said the application was presentable and urged students to put more effort towards learning the new innovation.

Nasarawa Poly to solve accommodation crisis soon

The Rector, Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Dr. Shettima A. Saidu, has said that major accommodation problems facing the students will be solved. Dr. Shettima made this known during the 2015/16 matriculation ceremony. He said the problem of inadequate hostels would be addressed while students’ welfare would also be improved.
He expressed satisfaction with the performance of students in the 2015 West Africa Polytechnic Games (WAPOGA) after the school came second in table tennis.

Prof.Onu Commissions Tera-Power Supply gadget!

In his view to maintaining No-Power-Outage in the school environment, Prof.Godwin Onu has Commissioned a Sound-Proof Tera-Power Supply which generates and supplies power uninterruptedly to the entire school buildings! Ride on Prof!

Prof.Godwin Onu Lays the Foundation of Oko Alumni, few days, building grows!

The Rector of Federal Polytechnic Oko has lain the Foundation of the Federal Polytechnic Oko Alumni Association Building. The best part of this is that the house has grown to Lintel Level just few days afterwards. You are not just a propeller of development but a goal geter.

Prof.Godwin Onu Internationalizes Federal Polytechnic Oko

Federal Polytechnic, Oko is truly internationalized in student and faculty exchange. Kudos to the indefatigable and digital Rector. This is PIMR international conference organized in collaboration with Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State Nigeria, Siam University Thailand and International Latin University Argentina. At the auspicious conference, Mr.Chikwelu Mbonu delivered a key note paper on behalf of the indefatigable Rector, Prof. Godwin Onu who is known for his digitized prowess. Federal Polytechnic Oko is really blessed to have had such a wonderful man at the helm of its affairs.

Federal Polytechnic Oko, the best ICT Driven Institution!

Federal Polytechnic Oko Students enjoying the digitized ambience of the school environment.

Poly lecturers in Auchi start indefinite strike

Academic activities at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo, were early this week paralyzed after members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic went on an indefinite strike over the nonpayment salaries. A correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria, who visited the school premises, reported that the lecture halls and offices were locked. The polytechnic’s secondary school was also affected as teachers and students were asked to stay at home.  The Chairman of the Auchi Branch of ASUP, Mr. Abdulazeez Isah, said the strike, which commenced on Tuesday, would be indefinite until the management paid their outstanding two months’ salaries. “We are on indefinite strike because the polytechnic management has refused to pay us our December and January salaries,” he said. “Lecturers have to stay away from work because the nonpayment of their salaries has made life difficult for them.” Isah said his members had resolved that they would not return to the classrooms until the outstanding salaries were paid.

WARNING TO ADMISSION CANDIDATES

All Federal Polytechnic Oko Admission Candidates are by this Information alerted on online and offline fraudsters.
This warning also goes to Candidates who did not enter for Jamb or Post UTME but have been deceived into believing that magic can be done to fetch them Admissions into Federal Polytechnic Oko. Our Society especially the Internet is filled with a lot of fraudulent persons parading themselves as JAMB or admission officers in one institution or the other, including Oko. They have by this means defrauded a lot of candidates of their parents' hard earned money. Don't increase the number of victims. These people are fraudsters. Do not call any number sent to you or posted online by these people, instead report them to the authorities of the school involved or to us through this medium if you are a candidate of Federal Polytechnic Oko.
Any one promising to upgrade your Post UTME result, WAEC result or it's equivalent is on a mission to collect your money and never pick your calls afterwards. All fraudsters are hereby warned that engaging in such an inhumane activity especially with the name of Federal Polytechnic Oko, will attract wrath of the appropriate Law enforcement agencies if apprehended, because the Rector, Prof. Godwin Onu frowns at this expensively. Federal Polytechnic Oko maintains the National set Admission standards and do not engage in any back door practices. If you were not offered Admission, just accept it in good faith and study hard to prepare and retry for the next Admission session. Do not push yourself or allow yourself to be pushed to illegalities because of Anti-Home Pear Pressure.

Ibadan Poly declares lecture free week over death of 6 students in auto crash:

 Authorities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan yesterday declared a week lecture-free in the institution to mourn the death of six students of the Department of Quantity Surveying who died in an automobile crash on Monday evening.
Rector of the institution, Prof. Olatunde Fawole, made the declaration yesterday morning as a mark of respect for the dead and the 13 injured students and staff of the institution.
A visit to the campus yesterday showed that all academic and commercial activities were suspended. Even commercial motorcyclists and motorists plying Sango to the campus did not work because of the tragedy that befell the institution.
The 18-passenger bus conveying the students and some staff from Oyo to Ibadan, where they had gone for a naming ceremony of a member of staff of the department, had a burst tyre at Motunde, near Moniya on Ibadan-Oyo Road at about 6:00p.m.
According to the spokesman of Oyo State Police Command, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, the bus somersaulted and hit a road divider, which killed six persons on the spot while 13 others were injured.

DIGITAL COMPLAINT SYSTEM:

The Rector of Federal Polytechnic Oko, Prof. Godwin Onu has unveiled a Website (DCS) to monitor the lapses of both Teaching and Non-Teaching staff of the Institution. The site was officially unveiled on 26th January 2016. It had been a usual thing in almost all the Universities and Polytechnics in Nigeria for staff to feel reluctant in attending to students' needs. An alarming situation where a student will spend almost 4 months in computing his or her result just because of the laxity of the staff in charge. Students queue up long enough under the Sun just to change their Deposit Tellers into receipts, while the staff in charge sits and engages in rooster and bull stories with fellow staff instead of attending to the waiting students. Some Lecturers don't come to classes more than 4 times in a Semester but will force students to buy textbooks at inflated rates. Frowning seriously at all these staff lousiness, the Rector who is known for his digitization prowess and practice has started his 2016 in the Polytechnic with Student-Sensitive programs. He says the happiness and comfort of his students are his topmost priority of the year and needs direct complaints and reports from his dear students through the DCS(Digital Complaint System). He says he wants to listen to student's challenges and personally attend to them squarely without minding whose Ox is gored. Please tell your loved ones in Federal Polytechnic Oko that a maximum solution to their 'dying in silence' is here. Tell your loved ones in Federal Polytechnic Oko that they can now communicate with the Rector in real time in-case he or she is molested by any Lecturer or staff without any trace to his or her identity. Tell your loved ones that they can report any duty negligence meted on them by any staff to the Rector himself. To protect the image of the students, the site has an Anonymous option where one can report any staff without his Identity being shown. One can also attach pictorial evidence to one's report if any is handy. This is good news for the Students! The site is www.meetyourrector.com

6 Poly Ibadan students die in auto crash:

 

Six students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan in Oyo State were confirmed dead in an automobile crash which occurred at Motunde, on Ibadan-Oyo Road at about 6:00p.m on Monday.

Thirteen other occupants of the 18-seater bus sustained varying degrees of injury. The injured were taken to St. Patrick Private Hospital and General Hospital in Oyo.

But the remains of the dead students were deposited at the morgue of Adeoyo State Hospital, Yemetu also in Ibadan.The students were said to be on their way from Oyo to Ibadan when the accident occurred. Arising from a burst tyre, the bus reportedly somersaulted several times and hit the road divider, killing six passengers on the spot.

The inscriptions on the bus showed that the student belong to the Department of Quantity Surveying of the institution.Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed that six persons died while 13 others were injured.

Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Oyo State, Mr. Yusuf Salami, confirmed the incident but said the details of the accident were still being compiled.

LASU VC warns against sale of handouts:

 

The Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Prof. Lanre Fagbohun, has warned lecturers in the university not to engage in the sales of substandard lecture publications and materials to students.

Any lecturer caught in the act, Fagbohun said, would face the consequences.

Fagbohun gave the warning at the second Faculty of Arts lecture held at the Ojo campus of the university.

Fagbohun said, “Those who are desecrating our institutions must stop. We will not allow the exploitation of our students with shady, substandard and unmeritorious materials. Self-publication of materials that are below standard will henceforth not be allowed.”The VC stated that he planned to inaugurate a Quality Assurance Committee to access all submitted materials for publication against set benchmarks.

The move, he said, was to ensure the publication of standard materials from the university.

He added, “We will encourage whistle-blowing and we will protect whistle- blowers. If you package shady materials and sell to our students, we will know and we will show up.”

Delivering the lecture entitled, “Vote my wish or perish in the Lagoon: Identity Politics and the Igbo Factor in the 2015 Governorship Elections in Lagos State,” the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof. Abolade Adeniji, canvassed tolerance and mutual respect among ethnic groups in the country.

Banking And Finance Students of Oko Polytechnic to graduate with two certificates

Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State has signed an MOU agreement with Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) on the award of Associate Diploma and Associate of Chattered Institute of Bankers for OND and HND graduates of the Department of Banking and Finance of the Polytechnic respectively. An accreditation team of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria had visited the above mentioned Department of the Polytechnic to estimate the academic prowess and preparedness of the department for the CIBN linkage programme. The outcome of the visit was laudable and successful.  

The noble pack of executing the Linkage Agreement with CIBN and the Federal Polytechnic Oko, which took place in the hallowed council chambers of CIBN was piloted by the President/ Chairman of Council, CIBN, Mrs. Otunba Debola Osibogun(FCIB) and the execution of the agreement was coordinated by the Registrar/Chief Executive of CIBN, Mr. Seye Awojobi (FCIB).

The climax of the ceremony was a parting gift to Prof. Godwin Onu, the Rector of the Digital Polytechnic of the moment.

After the signing of the Agreement, there was a Ceremony of Exchange of the two copies of the Agreement between the Rector, represented by Dr.J.B.C. Onyeagba and the President of CIBN.

With this agreement and execution of the MOU signing, Federal Polytechnic Oko now joins the league of Institutions that has this Linkage Programme.

Do you know what this means? This means that:

1.       The Banking and Finance students of Federal Polytechnic Oko will register and take CIBN AIB Examination while in school. Then, on graduation, they will have both the Associate Diploma/Ordinary National Diploma certificate for ND graduates and Associate of the Chattered Institute of Bankers/Higher National Diploma certificate for HND graduates.

2.       They will enjoy exemption from some of the CIBN AIB Examinations as some of the approved courses domiciled in the department have already been taken by the students during their ND and HND programmes respectively.

3.       They also stand to have an edge over their colleagues in the labour market because of the additional professional qualification awarded them.