By Toba Babalola
In a bid to contribute more to the nation’s manpower development and academic excellence, the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has advocated the upgrading of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti to a University status.
Governor Fayemi made this known through his Deputy, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi while playing host to members of the Presidential Visitation Panel to the polytechnic in his office.
He said the institution has the human, material and intellectual resources to become a University.
The Governor who explained that Ekiti State is known globally for producing world renowned academics and intellectual giants who are doing fine in their various fields stressed that his administration would always ensure an environment conducive for knowledge.
He pledged to give the Visitation Panel the full support needed to succeed in its assignment and reposition the polytechnic to fulfill the dream of its founding fathers.
Speaking earlier, the Visitation Panel Chairman, Chief John Ochoga, said that the President constituted the body to carry out a ten-year review of activities in the Polytechnic to strengthen the system and ensure that it carried out the purpose for which it was established
Chief Ochoga explained that although the Polytechnic belongs to the Federal Government, it is domiciled in Ekiti hence the need to carry the state along.
