Only Peace Can Bring About Development - Alake
Members of the Federal Polytechnic community have been admonished to cultivate good attitude towards work, embrace peace and harmony as only in such atmosphere can things of high productivity emerge.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Temitope John Alake who gave the charge during the last community meeting of the year with members of the Polytechnic Community on Monday, 2nd of December, 2024 appreciated God for seeing the Institution through another Academic year.
Dr. Alake gave kudos to the members of the 12th Governing Council, under the leadership of Prof. Ongoebi Maureen Etebu for swinging into action as soon as they came onboard.
“I want to sincerely appreciate the 12th Governing Council members for a job well done. The 2024 promotion exercise has been completed and I am sure that members of staff due for such promotions have received their letters. Also, the 2025 promotion had been completed”.
The Rector, while thanking members of staff for their cooperation and commitment towards work, admonished all to keep up the good work, be considerate of one another, inject patriotic ideas into junior colleagues coming behind and keep praying for the Management of the Institution.
He also appreciated some members of staff who represented the Institution in Abuja at a National Research exhibition programme put together by TetFund code name TETFAIR2 “Out of six critical projects that were approved, two were selected from the Polytechnic. We got patency for one of the products through the help of TetFund. The other one is called a Language Translator, first of its kind. They will all be celebrated”, he added.
Dr. Alake maintained that there is an urgent need for members of staff to upgrade their qualifications and be ICT compliant.
“Some circulars have been flying around that the Federal Government will be going digital in no distant time. If you find out that your certificate is no longer obtainable, try as much as possible to upgrade yourself. The Skill Development Centre is opened to everyone. I implore you to go there and register. There is a position of quality assurance assessment, which is compulsory for the Principal Officers”, he added.
He also stated that members who have applied for conversion should equip themselves ahead of the interview.
The Rector further said that there is no approval for recruitment at the moment but the Institution is hoping that the Federal Government is able to raise the personnel budget in order to accommodate new members of staff into the Polytechnic.
He added that the promotion arrears from 2018 till date has been compiled and forwarded to the appropriate quarters due to the Polytechnic’s exit from IPPIS and hoped that the money will be paid in no distant time.
Dr. Alake stated that the license fee for the Polytechnic Radio, 97.5FM, has been paid and it will start airing after all other necessary measures have been put in place.
He called on members of staff who have connections with philanthropists and other well-meaning individuals in the society, to prevail on them to invest in the Institution by bringing in various things that will expand the Polytechnic and in turn help the people.
The Rector frowned at some members of staff who are fond of writing petitions and advised them to desist from such act and advised them to instead embrace the alternate dispute resolution channels to air their grievances.
On the issue of security, he noted that it is the business of everyone to be observant and vigilant about what is going on in the Polytechnic.
While corroborating the appeal of Dr. Isaac Oladipo on indiscriminate bush burning, the Rector added that members of the Polytechnic community should be careful of burning their refuse as we have approached the dry season.
Giving the vote of thanks, the Registrar, Mrs. Folashade Akintola appreciated everyone for coming out in their large numbers even with such short notice, adding that it is a testament to the strength and commitment of members of staff to the Institution.
Mr. Akintola appealed to everyone to continue to work towards the progress of the Polytechnic and prayed that the Institution will continue to move forward.
