- Rector lauds Gov Bello’s commitment to developing vocational, technical education.
Kogi state government has granted approval for accreditation of courses at Nigeria-Korea Friendship institute, Lokoja with National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), eight years after its establishment.
Rector, Nigeria-Korea Friendship institute (NKFI), Lokoja, William Charles Oluwatoyin made this known while engaging newsmen on Friday.
William stated that the historic accreditation process is coming after several efforts by the NKFI’s governing council and management under his leadership to secure the long overdue accreditation from the regulatory body.
He said upon his resumption as the Rector, he was worried that the institution had missed out on accreditation for a very long time and previous attempts to undertake the task was not successful.
However, the Rector said upon his discussion with partnering stakeholders, including the Kogi state Government through the Education Ministry, efforts pointed clearly towards the need to expedite this action.
The Rector thanked the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for his kind intervention and commitment to the growth and development of the education sector, particularly the vocational and technical education through massive investment and his prompt approval of the memos raised by the institute at different occasions which has helped fast tracked good dividends to the institute in his one year stay in the office.
He also pointed out that the governor’s efforts to ensure that the institution was better positioned to empower young people in vocational and technical learning has spurred his interest to sought the institution’s well-being, including the recent approval and release of funds for the accreditation exercise amongst many other things the governor has done.
While announcing that the accreditation would commence in the coming days, the Rector assured that the institution was upbeat of achieving an excellent accreditation results further giving credence to its potential to nip issues of unemployment in the country in the bud and giving the opportunity to young individuals to learn relevant technical and vocational skills, that will stand them out.
