President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of three new polytechnics in various parts of the country.

 

The Director of Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education in a statement on Tuesday April 12, said the new institutions will be located in Kano, Abia and Delta states.

 

Goong said in the statement;

 

“In line with his determination to make tertiary education more accessible, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) has approved the establishment of three New Federal Polytechnics in the country.

“The polytechnics are to be sited in Umunnoechi in Abia State, Orogun in Delta State and Kabo in Kano State.”

 

According to the director, the new Institutions are to commence academic activities in October 2022.

 

This brings to thirty-six the number of federal polytechnics in the country, with every state having one of the institutions.

Polytechnics in Nigeria

The approval of the new institutions came a few weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics issued threats of a strike to the Federal Government for failing to revitalise the existing polytechnics in the country.

Recent ranking by Webometrics has revealed the top 53 polytechnics in Nigeria.

The ranking places Yaba College of Technology as the best polytechnic in the country.

Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, were rated second and third respectively.

According to him, Laspotech emerged as the best among state-owned polytechnics in the country.

The Management of Webometric, a leading Spain-based Institutions, said that four factors were used in the ranking which include; openness rank, impact rank, presence rank, and excellence rank.

See ranking:

1 Yaba College of Technology

2 Federal Polytechnic Ilaro

3 Lagos State Polytechnic

4 Auchi Polytechnic

5 Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti

6.Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri

7 Federal Polytechnic Ede

8 Federal Polytechnic Bauchi

9 Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta

10 Petroleum Training Institute Effurun

11 Air Force Institute of Technology Nigeria

12 Institute of Management Technology IMT Enugu
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13 Federal Polytechnic Offa

14 Federal Polytechnic Bida

15 Fedetal Polytechnic Oko

Polytechnics, Colleges of Education important in Nigeria – FG

16 Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin

17 Federal Polytechnic Idah

18 Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic Ikot Osurua

19 Abia State Polytechnic

20.Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana

21 Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa

22 Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo Ohaji

23 Polytechnic Ibadan

24 Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic

25 Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo

26 Plateau State Polytechnic Barkin Ladi

27 Delta State Polytechnic Otefe Oghara

28 Gateway ICT Polytechnic Saapade GAPOSA

29 Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja

30 Edo State Polytechnic Usen

31.Elechi Amadi Polytechnic Rumuola

32 Crown Polytechnic

33 Igbajo Polytechnic

34 Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic

35 Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi Uku

36 Heritage Polytechnic

37 AllOver Central Polytechnic

38 Benue State Polytechnic Ugbokolo

39 Kaduna Polytechnic

40 Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic

41 Jigawa State Polytechnic Dutse

42 Polytechnic Ife

43 Covenant Polytechnic Aba

44 Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri

45 Lagos City Polytechnic

46 Temple Gate Polytechnic

47 Interlink Polytechnic

48 Prime Polytechnic

49 Tower Polytechnic

50 Fidei Polytechnic Gboko

51 Federal Polytechnic Mubi

52.Dorben Polytechnic

53 Temple Gate Polytechnic Aba

Academic Staff Union of Universities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is a Nigerian union of university academic staff, founded in 1978. Professor Victor Emmanuel Osodeke emerges as the body’s president on 30 May 2021, according to Information provided on Edustuff.

The ASUU was formed in 1978, a successor to the Nigerian Association of University Teachers formed in 1965 and covering academic staff in all of the Federal and State Universities in the country.The ASUU was formed in 1978, a successor to the Nigerian Association of University Teachers formed in 1965 and covering academic staff in all of the Federal and State Universities in the country.

The Union was active in struggles against the military regime during the 1980s. In 1988 the union organized a National Strike to obtain fair wages and university autonomy. As a result, the ASUU was proscribed on 7 August 1988 and all its property seized. It was allowed to resume in 1990, but after another strike was again banned on 23 August 1992. However, an agreement was reached on 3 September 1992 that met several of the union’s demands including the right of workers to collective bargaining. The ASUU organized further strikes in 1994 and 1996, protesting against the dismissal of staff by the Sani Abacha military regime.