Prof Ibe decries withdrawal of accreditation for Abia Poly

States readiness to absorb OND graduates for degree at GUU

LAGOS, Nigeria – The founder and proprietor of Gregory University Uturu, Prof Gregory Ibe has decried the recent withdrawal of the accreditation status of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, by the National Board for Technical Education(NBTE).

Reacting to the development, Prof Ibe who is the Abia State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA for the 2023 general elections, sympathized with the students and staff of the institution whose academic programme have been truncated by the NBTE pronouncement.

According to Prof Ibe, “This is one withdrawal of accreditation too many. It is definitely not a good time to be an Abian academic. I am particularly pained by this sad development because of the preponderance of interventions I initiated through TETFUND collaborations and distribution of palliatives to staff members as a way of forestalling this tragic outcome.

Tell me what the fate of the unfortunate students will be whose academic progression has been forcefully truncated and the dilemma of staff members whose woes arising from many months of unpaid salaries has been further compounded?”

Ibe said his evaluation of the current status of educational institutions in the state remains the major reason he will declare state of emergency on the education sector if elected governor in 2023.

He however announced his willingness to absorb OND certified students of Abia Polytechnics in Gregory University Uturu to enable them convert to degree scholars.

In his words, “Leveraging the unimpressive outcome of survey conducted by industry experts on educational institutions in Abia state, which deployed Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indices and international best practices in education to assess the true health status of our primary, secondary and tertiary schools, I once again reaffirm my resolve to declare state of emergency that will lead to comprehensive reform of the sector once I am elected governor in 2023.

But to create an immediate response to the Abia Polytechnic debacle, I have requested the management of our institution to work out modalities for possible absorption of desiring OND certified students of Abia Poly into Gregory University Uturu for conversion to degree scholars”.

It will be recalled that Prof Ibe had in the past initiated distribution of large consignment of food materials to staff of Abia State Polytechnic Aba and Abia State University Uturu while facilitating critical interventions by federal government agencies for both institutions.