Lagos state polytechnic held annual 23rd
convocation ceremony at the convocation ground ,ikorodu campus on Thursday April
9, 2015.
The event which commenced at 10 am was attended by prominent
government parastatals and the authorities of the institution
The Rector of the polytechnic Dr Abdul Azeez Abiodun Lawal
in his speech said the polytechnic is proud to send 7,045 graduands which list
consist oif national diploma 4,111 and higher National diploma 2,934 into the
world to be planners, engineers, agriculturist, scientist, civil servants,
technologist, administratiors, accountants, architects and building leaders in
various professions within and outside our great country
The Rector further declare in his speech the achievements of
the polytechnic administration in the last four years and also commends the
invaluable contribution of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Lagos state,Mr
Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), The Special Adviser to his Excellency on
education Otunba Fatai Olukoga and Special Adviser to His Excellency on Gboyega
Salvador Adebayo to the development of the institution in the last few years
He revealed that apart from the funds the institution receives
from Lagos State government its also trying hard to mobilize funds from other
sources to among other things, fund research, intensify human resource development,
improve on the quality of training and accelerate the infrastructural
development and did not forget to mention Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)
for the funds they released for the constructions
of projects, staff developments and advancement of research efforts in the last
few years is over two billion naira
(N2,000,000,000.00).
He also offer some advice to the graduands that having being
opportune to graduate from an institution of excellence the one that deserves
commands an enviable academic reputation he hoped they have learnt the valuable
lessons of rethinking education in all its facets and also to be a job provider
not job seeker.
He enjoin the student to register with LASPOTECH Alumni
association and participate actively in its activities and finally express his
sincere gratitude to everyone for their presence and wish them journey mercies
to their various destinations
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