Rivers State Polytechnic
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Rivers State Polytechnic is a tertiary learning institution in Bori
, Khana
Local Government Area in Rivers State
, Nigeria
. It has two campuses, one for the School of Management Sciences and the other for the School of Engineering.
It is approved as a state-owned polytechnic by the National Board for Technical Education.
In January 2010 the polytechnic introduced a National Diploma course in Mass Communication, for aspiring journalists.
The polytechnic was established by the Rivers State Government in 13 May 1988 to provide instruction and research in applied science, technology, commerce and business management.
The Military Governor, Anthony Ukpo
, inaugurated the provisional council and his successor, Group Captain Ernest Adeleye signed the edict establishing the Polytechnic on 25 March 1989 and performed the formal ceremony of the institution on 19 May 1990.
In 2009 Senator Lee Ledogo Maeba noted that in 2007 he had obtained approval in principle from the Federal Government to upgrade the polytechnic to a Federal institution, but that the state government had yet to follow up on the opportunity.
In August 2009 the acting provost spoke of the problem with cultism among students, and possibly instructors, and described the decisive actions that the polytechnic was taking to combat it.
Talking in November 2009 about efforts to clean up the environment from contamination by oil exploitation, Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi
said that educational institutes including the polytechnic would assist in ensuring the success of the program.
Bori, Nigeria
Bori is a city in Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State, southern Nigeria. It is the birthplace of executed author Ken Saro-Wiwa.Bori is the traditional headquarters of the Ogoni people,Bori serves as a commercial centre for the Ogoni, Andoni, Opobo...
, Khana
Khana, Nigeria
Khana is a Local Government Area in Rivers State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Bori.It has an area of 560 km² and a population of 294,217 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 504....
Local Government Area in Rivers State
Rivers State
Rivers State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. Its capital is Port Harcourt. It is bounded on the South by the Atlantic Ocean, to the North by Imo, Abia and Anambra States, to the East by Akwa Ibom State and to the West by Bayelsa and Delta states...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. It has two campuses, one for the School of Management Sciences and the other for the School of Engineering.
It is approved as a state-owned polytechnic by the National Board for Technical Education.
In January 2010 the polytechnic introduced a National Diploma course in Mass Communication, for aspiring journalists.
The polytechnic was established by the Rivers State Government in 13 May 1988 to provide instruction and research in applied science, technology, commerce and business management.
The Military Governor, Anthony Ukpo
Anthony Ukpo
Stephen Anthony Ukpo was Minister of Information and Culture, and then Governor of Rivers State, Nigeria from August 1986 until July 1988 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.-Military career:...
, inaugurated the provisional council and his successor, Group Captain Ernest Adeleye signed the edict establishing the Polytechnic on 25 March 1989 and performed the formal ceremony of the institution on 19 May 1990.
In 2009 Senator Lee Ledogo Maeba noted that in 2007 he had obtained approval in principle from the Federal Government to upgrade the polytechnic to a Federal institution, but that the state government had yet to follow up on the opportunity.
In August 2009 the acting provost spoke of the problem with cultism among students, and possibly instructors, and described the decisive actions that the polytechnic was taking to combat it.
Talking in November 2009 about efforts to clean up the environment from contamination by oil exploitation, Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi
Rotimi Amaechi
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is a Nigerian politician, who became Governor of Rivers State in June 2007. He was previously Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 1999 until 2007....
said that educational institutes including the polytechnic would assist in ensuring the success of the program.