Kogi Poly Rector Advocates Focus On Technical Education, Skills Acquisition

From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja

Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Professor Salisu Usman Ogbo has admonished government at all levels to focus more on technical education and skills acquisition programmes to boost the nation’s industrial revolution. adsbygoogle || []).push({});

The Rector maintained that technical education and skills acquisition training would not only promote industrial revolution but provide opportunities for employment creation for Nigerian youths.

Professor Salisu Usman gave the advice while briefing journalists at the ongoing Stewardship Forum put in place by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ, Kogi State Council.

He said the Polytechnic authority has made it compulsory for all students to under go one skills acquisition training outside their conventional courses for which they were admitted to run.

He named the skills acquisition training being introduced in the institution to includes; tailoring, catering, fabrication, fashion design, plumbing, bakery, and rewiring amongst others.

According to the Rector programmes offered under our conventional education includes, “the School of Agricultural Technology at Itakpe Campus with four (4) programmes; namely Agricultural Technology, Animal Health and Production Technology, Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Technology, and Horticulture and Landscape Technology

” Clothing and Textile Technology and Printing Technology programmes at the ND level;

” HND in Civil Engineering;

“HND in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Option), Building Technology, Architectural Technology and Surveying and Geo-Informatics

” Mechatronics Engineering Technology at the School of Engineering, Itakpe”