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  • BREAKING: Buhari approves Orogun federal polytechnic, 2 others

    BREAKING: Buhari approves Orogun federal polytechnic, 2 others

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of Orogun federal polytechnic in Delta State.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports this is part of three new polytechnics approved by President Buhari for some parts of the country.

    The approval was made known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, by the Director of Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Ben Goong.

    Goong said the new institutions would be located in Kano, Abia and Delta states.

    “In line with his determination to make tertiary education more accessible, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), has approved the establishment of three new federal polytechnics in the country.

    “The polytechnics are to be sited in Umunnoechi in Abia, Orogun in Delta and Kabo in Kano State.”

    According to the director, the new institutions are to commence academic activities in October, 2022.

    He said this would bring the number of federal polytechnics in the country to 36, with every state having one.

  • FG clarifies locations of 6 new Federal Colleges of Education

    FG clarifies locations of 6 new Federal Colleges of Education

    The Federal Ministry of Education says letters regarding locations of the six newly approved Federal Colleges of Education in the country have been sent to governors of the six benefitting states.

    This is contained in a statement by the ministry’s Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ben Goong, Director, and issued on Monday in Abuja.

    According to Goong, the clarification on the locations of the colleges becomes necessary in order to dispel rumours circulating in some sections of the media.

    “The attention of the Federal Ministry of Education has been drawn to the mutilation of official correspondence between the ministry and the Government of Osun, over the location of the newly approved Federal College of Education in the state, which has been widely circulated in the social and conventional media.

    “To this effect, therefore, the Federal Ministry of Education wishes to clarify the locations of the Colleges as follows: BAUCHI -Location- Jama’are in Jama’are Local Government and BENUE – Location- Odugbo in Apa Local Government.

    ”Others are Ebonyi- Location- Isu in Onicha Local Government, EDO – Location- Ekiadolor in Ovia North East Local Government, OSUN – Location – Iwo in Iwo Local Government and Sokoto – Location- Gidan Madi in Tangaza Local Government,” he stated.

    He added that a technical team from the ministry and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) would be visiting the benefitting states to inspect and assess the sites in the coming weeks.

    Goong added that these were all in preparation for the take-off of the colleges in October.