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  • Peter Obi reacts as Auchi polytechnic’s SUG election turns bloody

    Peter Obi reacts as Auchi polytechnic’s SUG election turns bloody

    A former presidential candidate, Peter Obi has outrightly condemned the violence that led to the death of two students in the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State.

    TheNewsGuru reports that the Student Union Government (SUG) election of the Auchi Polytechnic, took place over the weekend, but turned chaotic after thugs allegedly evaded the election ground snatching ballot boxes and other election materials. 

    In the video that surfaced on social media, captured the moment students were running for their lives as security operatives used teargas to bring the situation under control.

    Reports indicated that at least two people died in the incident while several others were left with different degrees of injuries.

    In reaction to the incident, Peter Obi described the incident as a “national indictment”, saying: “The society we abuse today will eventually take its toll on our children, because they will only learn by our example. Everything we are experiencing in our country today is a reflection of the decay of civility and orderliness.

    “When we choose to conduct both our public and personal lives with bad behaviour and rascality, we normalise bad behaviour, lawlessness, and criminality.

    “I watched a heartbreaking video that showed students in Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State running for their lives as they were being shot at during their student election yesterday which left 2 students dead and several injured.

    “The question is: Where did they learn it from?

    “Are they cursed, or are we the political leaders who are cursed?

    “When we have chosen to “fight, snatch it, grab it, and run with it” how can we expect our children to do it rightly and democratically when they have learned from us?

    “This is not just disgraceful, it’s a national indictment. When we, the leaders, have chosen to fight, snatch, grab and run with it, our children have learned similar and rascality is now a normal situation.

    “It is now up to us, the leaders, to learn how to restore civility, order, and core values in our society by ensuring that our character and behaviour reflect the change we seek in our society.

    “We must do better, for our students, for our children, and for our country.”

  • JUST IN: Buhari assents to Federal Polytechnic, Orogun bill

    JUST IN: Buhari assents to Federal Polytechnic, Orogun bill

    President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the bill establishing the Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State.

    President Buhari assented to the bill on Wednesday, according to a statement released by Senator Babajide Omoworare, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate).

    The Bill for the establishment of the Polytechnic was sponsored by Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central Senatorial District, to provide full and part-time courses of instruction and training in different fields of study with a view to producing middle and high-level manpower.

    The Bill was recently forwarded to the President for assent after passage by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

  • 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.

  • Federal Poly Nasarawa expels 51 students

    Federal Poly Nasarawa expels 51 students

    The Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa in Nasarawa State, has expelled 51 students for examination malpractice during the 2019/2020 academic session.

    This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by Malam Uba Mana, the polytechnic’s Director of Information, Publicity and Protocol.

    Mana said that the affected students were expelled following approval by the academic board of the institution.

    “The affected students were expelled on the ground of various offences of examination misconduct that involved both full time and part time students.

    “The students expelled are from the Higher National Diploma and National Diploma in Engineering courses, Accounting, Science Lab Tech, Library and Information Science, Mass Communication among others,” he said.

    Mana also said that the Rector of the institution, Dr Abdullahi Ahmed has directed the expelled students to handover all documents belonging to the polytechnic to their departmental heads.

    The rector enjoined all students of the polytechnic to shun examination malpractice and other social vices, to strengthen the growth and development of the institution.

  • Drama as Delta Rep opposes establishment of Fed poly in his state

    Drama as Delta Rep opposes establishment of Fed poly in his state

    A mild drama played out on Thursday on the floor of the House of Representatives.

    The member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency of Delta State, Ossai Nicholas Ossai, opposed the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic at Orogun in the state.

    Ossai insisted that having such an institution in the town would be against the principles of Federal character.

    He alluded to the 1999 Constitution, as amended, asking his colleagues to step down the Bill for the establishment of the school.

    The lawmaker said it was similar to another Bill the House had passed.

    The Bill, which was passed by the Senate and sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence, came up for second reading on the floor of the House.

    Ossai explained that for such a Bill to pass through the House, it must be anchored on the provisions of the constitution.

    He cited sections 14(3), 15(4), which deal with Federal character, to back his opposition to the Bill.

    But Sada Soli drew the attention of the House to its Standing Order, which stipulates that when a Bill comes up for the second reading, members can only speak on the merits and the demerits as well as its general principles.

    According to him, Ossai’s stance has nothing to do with either the merits or demerits of the Bill or its general principles.

    Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, who presided over plenary, agreed with Soli.

    He said the Federal Character principle had no relationship with the siting of the polytechnic as several other institutions could be established.

    Wase said: “The Committee on Federal Character is a committee I chaired for almost eight years. I know the workings of that. What we have here has nothing to do with Federal Character.”

    But Ossai insisted that before a Bill would be brought to the House for debate, it must align with the constitution.

    The lawmaker noted that the foundation of the Bill was faulty as it was not based on the principle of equity.

    He said the Bill sought to site a Federal polytechnic in Ologun in a part of Delta State that already had a Federal university, the Delta State University and a state-owned polytechnic.

    Ossai added that doing so would violate the principle of equity.

    But Wase said what Ossai was saying was outside the merits and demerits of the Bill.

    He ruled the lawmaker out of order and urged him to sit down.

    This did not go down well with the Delta State lawmaker, who pleaded with the presiding officer to allow him make his point.

    Wase ruled him out and put the matter to vote for the Bill to be read a second time.

    Ossai protested, causing rowdiness on the floor of the House.

    Apparently dissatisfied with the development, the Delta State lawmaker stormed out of the House without regard to the presiding officer, as stipulated in the House Rules.

    He later told reporters that he opposed the Bill because a similar one the House of Representatives passed in November 2019 to establish a Federal Polytechnic in Kwale, which he sponsored, was stepped down by the Senate on alleged prompting of Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege.

    Another lawmaker Francis Ejiroghene Waive said the argument against the Bill was unnecessary as it would serve the interest of all residents of Delta State.

    He said if the President decided to site any polytechnic at Orogun or Kwale, it would be in the interest of the people.

    Waive said Ossai was introducing what he called local Delta politics into the matter.

    According to him, it is wrong to compare a senatorial district with a Federal constituency.

  • Buhari dissolves Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra governing council

    Buhari dissolves Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra governing council

    President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra.

    This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono in Abuja on Thursday.

    The permanent secretary said the dissolution was with immediate effect.

    He said the federal government appreciated the services the former council members rendered to the polytechnic, while wishing them success in their future endeavours.

    Chief Lasbury Amadi was the Chairman of the board of the Polytechnic.