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Waziri Bulama is Chairman of Chairpersons of Federal Polytechnics

Shola Oshunkeye July 16, 2021

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The chairman of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin-Kebbi, Waziri Bulama, has been elected chairman of the chairpersons of the governing councils of federal government-owned polytechnics. He will run the affairs of the body for the next three years.

Announcing this in a statement by the committee’s new scribe, Adamu Abubakar, said Bulama, an architect and top brass of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will be assisted by Professor Stephen Ocheni, chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, as deputy.

The election for the 25-member committee, according to the statement, was held at the liaison office of the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, Abuja, and was supervised by the board’s executive secretary, Professor Idris Bugaje.

According to the statement, “The Committee is a collection of all Chairmen of Governing Councils of Federal Polytechnics recently approved by His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR and inaugurated by the Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu.

“The Governing Councils of the Federal Polytechnics is responsible for the formulation of policies and the general supervision of the polytechnics on behalf of the visitor. Arc. Bulama is, therefore, expected to bring to bear his wealth of experience and contacts within and outside the party as well as the government for the benefit of the Committee and the entire sector.”