FIC Report (Enugu State) – Enugu State governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has promised the government’s support for the provision of infrastructure at the Federal Polytechnic, Ohodo, Igbo-Etiti LGA of the state.
The governor made the promise when he played host to members of the Governing Council and management of the institution at the government’s Lion Building, Enugu.
Responding to the various requests for the government’s support as presented by the chairman of the Governing Council, Senator Emmanuel Dangana Ocheja, the Enugu State governor assured that the government would construct the 7- kilometre road leading to the permanent site of the Polytechnic from the Otukpo-Obollo-Afor-9th Mile-Enugu federal road.
Mbah described investment in Education as critical for the development of any state saying, “This was the reason my administration prioritises education and earmarks over 30 percent of the state’s annual budget for education.”
The governor said that over 26,000 graduands would be produced annually from the Smart Green School Initiative of the government to pursue technological and skills training courses at the tertiary level saying that institutions like the Federal Polytechnic, Ohodo would be an ideal institution for the graduands.
Pledging commitment of the government to support the Polytechnic management to ensure that the institution becomes a bride for technological, engineering and skills training, Mbah directed the state commissioner for Education to liaise with the institution’s Governing Council and management for proper articulation of the various areas the government could support the Polytechnic to develop.
Also responding to the complaint by the chairman of the Governing Council that the host communities of the Polytechnic were complaining that the state government had not paid them the necessary compensation for acquiring their land for the school, Mbah assured that the government would liaise with the committee handling the documentation of the land acquisition to ensure that it was properly done.
Signed
Bonaventure Ngwu,
HOC, FIC Enugu
(15/02/2026).
