Emmanuel Fasakin, the outgoing rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo, says Nigeria cannot develop without polytechnic education. PeoplesGazette reports.Information Guide Nigeria
He said that if polytechnic education were scrapped, the country would be doomed, pointing out that the bedrock of industrialisation was polytechnic.
The outgoing rector, who spoke on Sunday in Akure at the launching of his memoir to mark the end of a successful two-term tenure as the pioneer rector of the polytechnic, explained that it was polytechnic education that would produce manpower needed in factories.NYSC Portal
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The book titled ‘Beyond the Ordinary: The Journey of My Life and Experience at Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji’.
Mr. Fasakin said Nigeria should not rely on manpower from outside the country for its industries to survive.
According to him, abolishing polytechnic education is tantamount to suicide.
He asked the Nigerian government to provide a conducive and enabling environment for Nigerian citizens to work and thrive in their respective academic endeavours.
Mr. Fasakin noted that Nigerian scholars were leaving the shores of the country to where their potential would be harnessed and well remunerated.JAMB Result
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