The
Ogun State Government has announced that the National Board for
Technical Education (NBTE) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) have granted full approvals for the take-off of academic
activities at the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia with immediate
effect.
The
Government made this statement through the office of the Secretary to
the Ogun State Government. It stated that NBTE has approved 18
courses and the JAMB has given approval for the immediate take-off
and admission of students for 2017/2018 academic session into the
Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia.
In
the statement by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government,
Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa on Monday 18th December 2017, he addressed
issues relating to the on-going “Black Week Protect” by the
highly affected students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta and
the strike action of the lecturers also urged the students to resume
their classes immediately in the statement below;
The
Ogun State Government has announced that the National Board for
Technical Education (NBTE) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) have granted full approvals for the take off of academic
activities at the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia with immediate
effect.
It
will be that some students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic,
Abeokuta today 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 undermined the completion of their various programmes at
the institution.
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 the concerns were
resolved.
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 in 18 programmes.
In
a related development, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
(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 further confirms government’s 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.
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 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.
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