FSEC Director, Lauds Fedpoffa Rector, Says Management Is Concerned About National Development "

FSEC Director, Lauds Fedpoffa Rector, Says Management Is Concerned About National Development "

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The Director of Federal Science Equipment Centre (FSEC), Engr. Yekini Ismaila has commended the Management of the Federal Polytechnic Offa led by Dr. Lateef Olatunji for creating a conducive environment that accommodate workshop driven at promoting locally made equipments    in the area of science and technology. 

Recall that the  Federal Science Equipment Centre ( FSEC) Ijanikin,  Lagos State through the Federal Ministry of Education has chosen the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State as host of capacity building workshop programme for its staff. The programme commenced on October 26 2020 at the Polytechnic Mini Campus.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Engr. Yekini Ismaila acknowledged the kind gesture shown towards the Federal Science Equipment Centre team from Lagos and described the Management of the Polytechnic as one that is concerned about national development.

According to him: "On behalf of the Honourable Minister,  I  appreciate the Rector for accepting us with open hands  which shows that the Polytechnic is concerned about national development. Meanwhile,  the aim of this workshop is for participants to familiarise themselves with locally available raw materials and use them to improvise some of the laboratory equipments we are having in our laboratories.  Instead of spending huge amount of money for the importation of those equipments, they are the things we can make and manufacture locally."

In his remarks,  the Rector, Dr. Lateef Olatunji appreciated the Federal Ministry of Education for  considering the Polytechnic worthy and capable of hosting the participants for the workshop.

He said: " It is a great privilege that our institution has been chosen by the Federal Ministry of Education to host this workshop  for proper training and capacity building of the Federal Science Equipment Centre (FSEC) staff. Of course,  this is inline with the Federal Government's efforts to encourage the production of made in Nigeria goods and equipments to increase science,  technology and mathematics education and also to safe foreign exchange for the country by reducing the importation of scientific and technical equipments."

While making reference to the emergence of Covid-19 in the World, the Rector emphasised  on why it's necessary for the country to  be self-reliance in the area of science and technology,  he noted that some of the locally made solar powered and manual hand washing and sanitizing machines, hand sanitizer, liquid detergent and solar automated fumigation system were produced by some departments in the Polytechnic to combat the spread of coronavirus.

Speaking further,  he said Federal Science Equipment Centre ( FSEC) training is put together to equip staff with skills and expertise,  to produce and maintain  locally made scientific and technical equipments, he therefore charged the participants to utilise the opportunity and pay rapt attention to all section of the workshop  as the country is blessed with both material and human resources