Accolades as OYSCATECH finally gets NBTE Approval as Polytechnic

By; Opeyemi Olawore          24th October, 2018

Accolades as OYSCATECH finally gets NBTE Approval as Polytechnic

The Management and the Governing Council of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology(OYSCATECH ), Igboora have continued to receive accolades from staff, students, friends of the College and the host communities over the approval granted the institution by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to become a Polytechnic.

The people, mostly staff and students who could not hide their joy have sent congratulatory messages on the different social media platforms of the institution.

Some of the messages read; "great achievement, congratulations to the council, management, staff and students for this great feat". Others include; " this is a good and great news; A very big congratulation to everyone".

The news of the NBTE approval was announced by the Provost of the institution Professor Gbemiga Adewale following the approval granted to the institution by the NBTE to run six additional programmes, in addition to the existing ones. The new programmes are; National Diploma (ND) Mechanical Engineering, (ND), Computer Engineering, (ND) Business Administration, and (ND) Statistics, (ND) Horticultural Technology, and Office Technology and Management.

While speaking on the significance of the migration, Prof. Adewale revealed that the new status of the College would further bring infrastructural and human capital development to the institution through accesses to TETFund for staff training and infrastructural facilities.

It would be recalled that the bill for the amendment of the law establishing the College had been amended and assented to by the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi in November, 2014.

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Management announces Monday as commencement of academic activities, asks students to resume, as unions suspend strike

OYO STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, IGBOORA

18th October, 2018.

MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES MONDAY, AS COMMENCEMENT OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, ASKS STUDENTS TO RESUME, AS UNIONS SUSPEND STRIKE

The Management of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora has announced that academic activities for the second semester would commence on Monday, 22nd October, 2018.

This followed the suspension of the industrial action embarked upon by the three labour unions of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora at a joint Congress organized by the three labour unions, comprising of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ( ASUP ), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics ( SSANIP ) and the Non - Academic Staff Union ( NASU ) on Thursday, 18th October, 2018.

The Management thanked the Local Government  Chairman, all the Traditional Rulers and Community Leaders in Ibarapa Central Local Government for their intervention in the crisis.

Meanwhile,  the Management has called on the Students of the College to resume back to the campus for lectures and as well commence their registration immediately.

Signed;
Niyi Fehintola
Registrar

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NBTE Accredits Six new Programmes for Oyo College of Agriculture and Technology

OYO STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, IGBOORA

By; Opeyemi Olawore 12th October, 2018

NBTE Accredits Six new Programmes for Oyo College of Agriculture

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) Team, Kaduna has finally granted interim accreditation to Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora to run six (6) new programmes.

In a letter, dated October 11, 2018 and signed by the Director of programmes, Mallam Musa Isgogo on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Dr. Adamu Kazaure, stated that, “with reference to the resource inspection visitation carried out by the Board between 1st – 4th August, 2018, I am directed to inform you that the Board has granted accreditation to your institution to offer the following programmes with effect from 2018/2019 session.”

The new programmes include; National Diploma (ND) Mechanical Engineering, (ND), Computer Engineering, (ND) Business Administration, and (ND) Statistics, (ND) Horticultural Technology, and Office Technology and Management.

The Board also called on the institution to commence admission for the newly accredited programmes for the 2018/2019 session, immediately.

The NBTE however, directed that the College should ensure that the facilities for the programmes are upgraded before the commencement of the second year of the programmes with additional equipment and instrument.

It stated further that the programmes would be due for full accreditation visitation when the first set of students are in their forth semester, while failure to invite the NBTE within the specified period would disqualify the institution from making further admission into the programmes.

Meanwhile, with the approval granted for the mounting of the additional programmes, the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora has been recognized and approved by the NBTE as a Polytechnic.

In addition, a copy of the approval letter has been made available to the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB).

In his reaction, to the development, the Provost of the College, Professor Gbemiga Adewale noted that the approval would further create more spaces for teeming number of Nigerian youths who desire tertiary education and could hardly matriculate due to inadequate spaces in tertiary institutions and lack of expansion of facilities in various tertiary institutions in the country.

He added that with the status of the institution as a polytechnic, the college now has the opportunity to access TETFund like their counterparts.

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CAVA donates Garri Processing Factory worth #16Million to OYSCATECH

OYO STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, IGBOORA

By; Opeyemi Olawore             11th October, 2018

CAVA donates Garri Processing Factory worth #16Million to OYSCATECH

The Cassava Adding Value for Africa (CAVA) phase II has donated Garri processing factory worth sixteen million Naira to Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora.

According to the Provost of the College, Professor Gbemiga Adewale, the donation of the garri processing factory was facilitated by the Country coordinator of CAVA II project, who doubles as the Governing Council Chairman, of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Professor Lateef Sanni.

Prof. Adewale stated that, “upon the assumption of office of Prof. Sanni as the Governing Council Chairman of the College, he used his good office to bring this laudable project to the institution. In addition to this, the college has been able to register OYSCATECH Ventures Limited and OYSCATECH Consult as parts of the efforts geared towards improving the internally generated revenue (IGR) for the College.

“We are indeed grateful to Professor Lateef for his commitment and effort at improving the internally generated revenue of the institution, the Provost said.”

Prof. Adewale hinted that the construction of the garri factory is on-going while the machines and other equipment have been delivered to the institution.

"The Garri processing factory is to be commissioned soon by the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, where he would be assisted by the Governing Council Chairman, Prof. Sanni and the CAVA II Director, Prof. Kolawole Adebayo," the Provost said.

In his words, the Country Coordinator, CAVA II project and the Governing Council Chairman of the College, Prof. Lateef Sanni noted that the garri factory would make the College to be a large scale producer of OYSCATECH Garri for the community and nation at large. He also pledged his commitment to the advancement and development of the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, while calling on other stakeholders to join hands with the Governing Council of the institution.

It would be recalled that the College is into collaboration with CAVA on demonstration of improved agronomic practices in cassava production to local farmers through CAVA II demonstration plots in the College wherein 35-45 tonnes per hectare yield were recorded compared to the usual 10-25 tonnes by farmers.

The CAVA II project involves five countries which include; Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda and Tazania.

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