In
its determination to end the ongoing strike by polytechnic lecturers
across the country, the Federal Government has commenced a needs
assessment exercise of 66 state and federal polytechnics across the
country.
Speaking
at the commencement of the exercise at the Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna,
Chairman of the Presidential Committee on NEEDS assessment of Public
Polytechnics, Hajia Fatimah Ahmed, reiterated the commitment of
government to addressing the needs of public Polytechnics in the
country.
She
stated that the committee was ready to engage all stakeholders in the
sector in the discharge of its assignment. “We are going to all the
polytechnics in the country, no matter where they are,” she said. “We
will speak to all stakeholders with a view to coming out with adequate
information on how to address the issues affecting the institutions.”
Hajia
Ahmed noted that many polytechnics across the country have complained
of lack equipment, infrastructural decay, inadequate teaching staff,
inadequate lecture halls and student accommodation, among other
necessities.
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