Governor Aliyu Wamakko
By Mohammed Aminu inSokoto
Sokoto State Polytechnic has graduated 21,062 students, being the
combined sets of 2001/2002 to 2012/2013 academic sessions, at its maiden
convocation ceremony.
It also conferred Fellowships on the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal; Governor Aliyu Wamakko; Sultan
of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and three others.
Speaking during the ceremony in Sokoto on Saturday, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Prof. Bashir Garba, described the maiden convocation as historic as the institution combined 12 academic sessions.
Speaking during the ceremony in Sokoto on Saturday, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Prof. Bashir Garba, described the maiden convocation as historic as the institution combined 12 academic sessions.
He said the institution was established in 2002 to uplift education in the state, adding that it has 21 departments and currently runs 40 academic programmes which included Higher National Diploma, National Diploma and Certificate programmes.
Garba stated that the Polytechnic was committed to maintaining the
tradition of producing quality graduands that could compete favourably
with their counterparts across the world.
The rest of the conferees were Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Dr. Masa’udu Kazaure; Rector, Cape Coast Polytechnic, Ghana, Prof. Lawrence Atepor, and Chairman, Sokoto State Taskforce on Water Supply, Alhaji Namadina Abdulrahman.
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