In line with the Rector, Dr. Chioma Irene Awuzie’s vision of promoting skills development, Federal Polytechnic Oko has reached an advanced stage of venturing into animal feed production for poultry and fish.
The Director Skills Development Centre of the institution, Engr. Ogonna Nwokoye revealed this at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko auditorium; during a one day National Board For Technical Education (NBTE) students sensitisation programme on National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) organised for representatives of Students Union from NBTE accredited institutions in the South East.
Over ten NBTE accredited tertiary institutions’ students leaders attended the programme.
Engr. Nwokoye during his presentation also hinted that Federal Polytechnic Oko is equally moving into food processing such as yam, cassava, potatoes and corn flowers as well as concrete production in interlocking tiles.
“The concept of skill acquisition in Federal Polytechnic Oko under the leadership of our Rector, Dr. Chioma Awuzie is to build a generation of technically proficient and highly skilled professionals who will drive Nigeria’s economic growth and innovation”.
“Under few months of her administration, we signed MoU with Master Craft industry who are working there so that our learners at the Skills Development Centre can be trained on block moulding while the block industry is also engaged for commercial purposes”.
“The Rector’s vision at the skills development centre is so huge that very soon, we shall be venturing into animal feed production at commercial level”
“Also, we are moving into food processing; yam flower, plantain, cassava, potatoes and corn flowers. All these things are at the finishing stages of execution. Our learners there will enjoy the facilities first hand to see how it works in the business world”.
“We also have the vision to start concrete production in interlocking tiles. All these are in advanced stage of execution”.
He further revealed that the centre would equally be venturing into beekeeping .
“You can see that at Federal Polytechnic Oko, we are positioning ourselves to align with the vision of NSQF. We are upgrading our training models, standardizing our assessment procedures and preparing our trainers to become certified assessors under NSQF. We are committed to delivering quality, industry- relevant skills that meet national and international standards” he said.
Engr. Nwokoye also used the opportunity to call on the students to embrace skills acquisition as core part of their academic journey while calling on lecturers and trainers to integrate competent based education into every facets of their teaching.
