The rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Usman Ogbo, revealed that his administration prevented 107 security threats within its first four years......CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE>>>>>
The rector, who stated this at a press conference on Tuesday as part of activities marking the end of his first term and the start of his second four-year term, expressed the institution’s commitment to providing a safe and secure environment for its students and staff.
While highlighting some of his achievements during his first tenure, Ogbo stated that he had succeeded in restoring the Polytechnic’s reputation among higher institutions in Nigeria.
Listing the achievements, the rector stated that he had ensured there were improvements in the guidelines for producing textbooks, including central pricing and voluntary purchases by students.
Also, Ogbo noted that the introduction of the Academic Board Central Results Verification Committee, headed by the Deputy Rector and including Deans and representatives from each school, had significantly improved the verification process of students’ results.
“The committee carefully and thoroughly checks results submitted by departments and schools before making recommendations to the academic board for final approval.
“This process has greatly reduced errors in approved results, as the committee takes sufficient time to review them. It has also saved time and resources previously spent by the Board on result verification,” he said.
He added that after he came into office, the institution commenced the documentation of its annual report, which it has never produced since its inception.
“Shortly after we assumed office, we discovered that no annual report had ever been produced to document the Polytechnic’s past, assess its present, and plan for the future. This meant there was no single archive of records covering the institution’s activities over the years.
“This was not a good reflection on an institution that had existed for almost three decades. We, therefore, took it as a challenge to ensure that the activities of each academic session are documented in an annual report,” he said.
He stated that the first-ever annual report for the Polytechnic was produced for the 2018/2019 session, making history for the institution.
“The production of annual reports has now become a tradition. We have already completed the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 editions, and we are now in the final stages of producing the 2021/2022, 2022/2023, and 2023/2024 editions,” he said.
He also commended the governor of the state, Ahmed Usman Ododo, adding that the achievements were made possible by the support of the government.