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EKITI State Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, has commended the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti for giving the students of the institution entrepreneurship trainings that would make its graduates self-reliant and employers of labour after graduation.

According to a statement, she gave the commendation while receiving members of the governing council and management of the institution who paid a courtesy visit to her office in Ado-Ekiti, adding that the institution had tracks of academic excellence which made it to rank first among equals and urged the governing council and management of the institution to work at sustaining and even improving on the standard.

The deputy governor who said that Governor Kayode Fayemi was very passionate about anything that has to do with acquisition of knowledge and technology development assured the board of directors and management of the federal polytechnic that the government would continue to give its support to the institution and collaborate with it in entrepreneurship development.

She also commended the institution for embarking on production of laboratory glassware, describing it as a positive development that would lead to improvement in the teaching of sciences in schools and also reduce the money spends on importation of science and laboratory equipment by government.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti,  Victor Ebomoyi said that the visit was to introduce the new members of the Governing Board of the institution to the state government as it is the custom and also to congratulate Prof. Modupe Adelabu on her appointment as the deputy governor of the state.

Ebomoyi commended the government for its immeasurable assistance for the institution at all time and expressed the hope that the cordial relationship between the institution and the government would be sustained.

The governing board chairman who used the forum to inform the government that the polytechnic had ventured into production of laboratory glassware called for the government’s patronage to encourage the institution and as well use the opportunity to further equip schools science laboratories to improve teaching of the sciences.

In her remark, the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Mrs. Taiwo Akande said that the laboratory glassware produced by the institution was better than the imported ones because according to her, they could not crack or break easily “as they were made with the best materials available and with Nigeria climate and peculiarity in mind.”