Akawe Torkula Poly Seeks NASENI, NITDA Collaboration in Science Laboratories, Digital Learning Centres

Newspointer July 4, 2024

Our Correspondent in Makurdi

In it’s quest to becoming the hub of technical education in the country, Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, Makurdi has continued to explore opportunities of collaboration with agencies and departments to actualize it’s mandate.

This explains why the Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Martins Agena was a guest at the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) in Abuja, yesterday, 3rd July, 2024 to seek their intervention to build modern science laboratories.

Dr. Agena also visited the headquarters of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Abuja to seek intervention to build Digital Learning and Community IT Centres to enhance teaching and research at the polytechnic.

Dr. Agena while commending the efforts of both agencies in building centres of excellence and research on material science and digital learning centres in institutions across the country, said the visits were part of his efforts in tapping into the available programmes provided by them.

He said the vision of his Polytechnic is to give valuable skills to his students so that they will be useful to themselves and the society upon graduation and therefore need support to be able to succeed.

Responding on behalf of the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO Khalil Suleiman Halilu, Mr. Edward Abaver informed the Rector that NASENI has the mandate of driving Nigeria’s industrial development through technology transfer and domestication, production of capital goods to be ceded to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs generally.

Mr. Abaver said the agency’s doors are always opened to such partnerships and promised to guide the Rector in the best possible ways on how to benefit from their programmes.

At NITDA, the Deputy Director IT department, Engr. Iorver Ape who received Dr. Agena on behalf of the Director General/CEO, Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdulahi said the greatest resource in a digital economy or knowledge based economy was human capital development.

Mr. Ape said that NITDA was open to collaborations with institutions to encourage capacity building. He said adoption of capacity building is a process that would encourage the retention of skills, knowledge, tools, and use of equipment.

According to the information and Public Relations Office of the Polytechnic said NITDA is always in search of a partnership whereby students can be challenged to come up with emerging technologies that would enable job creation and promote entrepreneurship.

He concluded with the assurance that the agency was willing to support the Polytechnic to encourage creativity, hands on skills and entrepreneurship.

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