The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has restated the Federal Government’s resolve to use Polytechnics as agent of industrial and technological growth.
The minister, who was represented by Dr Masa’ud Kazaure, Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, stated this on Saturday at the 14th combined convocation of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida.
Adamu said that the Polytechnics would serve government’s drive of making the teeming youth educated and self-employed instead of job seekers. He added that this would also translate into reducing the level of corruption through engagement of citizens, especially the youths.
The minister challenged Polytechnics in the country to make Nigeria a producer nation rather than a consumer one. His words: “You will agree with me that corruption is the bane of our society as this has eaten deeply into its fabric. The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will not relent in using every instrument available to totally extricate this vice from our nation,” he said.
He commended the Federal Polytechnic, Bida for planning to introduce new courses in Agricultural Technology, stressing its importance in the agricultural chain.
He, therefore, charged the polytechnic to imbibe high sense of probity, adding that they should continue to play crucial roles in improving the nation’s economy.