NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS (NAPS)
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Monday, June 25, 2018
Mrs Mercy Omowunmi Ojo, Registrar Dental Therapist Registration Board gets Inducted into NAPS Hall of Fame as a TrailBlazer.
The honour which is the highest honor of the association was conferred on he at her office in Lagos by NAPS officials in a delegation that cut across the six geo- political zones of Nigeria.
The leader of the delegation said the honour is in recognition of the empowerment of youth through the numerous capacity development initiatives being carried out by the recipient, Mrs Mercy O. Ojo, the lives she is touching as well as her positive impacts to the society.
He told the award recipient that haven confirm her to be an honourable person with honourable deeds the association is glad to be associated with her and many of her likes will be neededtp repositio the country Nigeria. The NAPS official said they are impressed with her great works and detribalized disposition.
He said the honour is based on merit and encouraged the recipient to continue to do more of het laudable human capacity building initiative towards making Nigeria better at large.
NAPS said having beamed its searchlight in the realm of technocrats across the Country, they spotlighted a rear gem, definition of integrity, a profound youth and students emancipator, an unsurpassed philanthropist, a diligent technocrat, someone who abhors social suppression and one who embraces social coexistence in person of Mrs Mercy O. Ojo.
They commended her humility, ingenuity in her professional prowess and transcendent contribution in the sustenance of the Dental sector.
NAPS said Mrs Mercy has remained a mother to students and youths and they have heard of her assistances to students, youths and needy hence the honour is to spur her to do more.
They said she has outgrown the restrictions of tribe, social status, region and religion in the display of her magnanimous benevolence.
The sand of time has recorded successfully the contributions to human capacity development, national integration, economic progress, institutional strengthening and national reformation NAPS said.
The honour is in recognition of her unsurpassed performance in her leadership style, determination for workable Nigeria, resilience in the quest for academic revolution, concerted efforts in ensuring peace development, human capital development and unprecedented action plan for the progress of our economy.
Speech of NAPS National Secretariat, given by Cmr. Olubode Damola who eulogized the award recipient for her human capacity building development drive. He further assures her that her fight is now the fight of the association, you battle is our battle and your joy is our smile he said.
They also made a clarion call to the Federal Government and critical stakeholders to ensure the monstrous injustice called HND/BSC dichotomy is nipped permanently in the bud.
The recipient said the honour came to her as a surprise and thanked the Students for finding her worthy for such meritorious honor.
She said she never knew that the little things she is doing are being recognized, appreciated and celebrated by people. She admonished the youths to trust in God, be hardworking, remain focused and ensure they refuse peanuts from politicians who will want to misuse them for their parochial political interests.
She urged them to avoid use and dump politicians who will want them to do what their children wouldn’t do. She promised to always support the youths to ensure they are improved at appreciable levels.
“I will continue to empower and support youth, our great leaders and engine room of our development not minding what people say” Mrs Ojo said.
She said the youths must be ready to tell her the truth whenever she is wrong.
She dedicated the honour to the youths, and all staffs of theDental Registration Board of Nigeria who has mad it possible for her reign to be successful, and thanked those present to witness the award presentation.
Mrs Mercy O. Ojo was later inducted into NAPS Hall of fame after receiving her certificate of induction and decoration by NAPS National VP who charged her to bring in her wealth of experience towards developing the entire Ministry of health, as we hope to see her become the next Minister of Health.
He congratulated the recipient.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
APPEAL FOR THE COMPLETE ABOLISHMENT OF HND/BSc DICHOTOMY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PAST & PRESENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ESTABLISHMENT
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) had at various times voiced out and protested about the treatment of HND graduates in all sectors of the Nigerian labour market, yet nothing has been done. Polytechnic education is now being regarded as vocational studies, as witnessed by several professional bodies that have refused to recognise HND, yet accredit the same courses of study at the Polytechnics.
The HND/BSC dichotomy still survive this long due to poor or no implementation of policy statement. Struggle against HND/BSC dichotomy has always record tremendous victory in its agitation, but are faced with execution challenges from conscienceless power in authority.Several pronouncements of the abolishment of the dichotomy but the development are massively stampeded by cabals who derive joy in the unwarranted superiority contest of the duo certificate.
Its imperative we remind the Head of Service (HoS) and the National Council on Establishment (NCE) that there is public knowledge of various resolutions being reached at their various meetings in time past, including the last one in 2016 which has never been captured in the communiqué not to talk of implementing such, the few that ever saw the light of the day, such as abolishing the HND/BSc dichotomy at the 39th session of the council dated 18th to 22nd July 2016 cannot be implemented since the HoS has not seen the need to forward same to the Federal Executive Council for ratification and full implementation by all government agencies.
NAPS as a body knows that it is not all resolution reached at the 39th council meeting that was printed as a paper or communiqué that is ever available in circulation.
Such as
1.) Approval of the removal of the dichotomy in the public sector as it affects the bridging programme-Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) to enable them progress to grade level 17.
2.) The review of the scheme to enable HND Certificate holders to reach the maximum grade in the civil service upon completion of the bridging programme.
We will appreciate the immediate release of the circular as it affects the entry levels into the Federal Civil Service and appeal that the FEC also ratifies all resolutions made at the last NCE council.
These resolutions when implemented fully will be the beginning of the journey to full consideration of what scientific and technical education really stand for, it will affect the morale of millions of Nigerian workers who for years have been side lined due to their academic qualification. These are workers that have been demoralised and stagnated, even though they excel in their various fields.
This discrimination is most prevalent in the construction industry, especially in the field of architecture where the government regulatory body ARCON has refused to accredit or acknowledge the qualifications of the HND graduates. These graduates are subjected to humiliating 6 year duration of qualifying Professional Practice Examinations (PPE Finals 1, 2 and 3) by the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA), while the current executives of ARCON have refused to register candidates that have passed all qualifying exams. ARCON has continually disregarded and refused to recognise the PGD in Architecture run by accredited universities in Nigeria, even with the NCE approving PGD as a bridging programme. Those who have done the bridging programme are still denied the chance to write the PPE Finals 3, while the civil service regulation only recognises BSc as the foundation for Architects in Nigeria.
As NCE council meeting is on going in Owerri, in her 40th assembly, it is noteworthy to emphasis on the need to capture properly in their communiqué the removal of HND BSc dichotomy through the bridge program (PGD) as reached in the 39th meeting in Minna. Also hopping to see what the engineers has achieved for her members in terms of placement and remuneration which we are not even sure it will not go in the way of the previous resolutions.
NAPS leadership hereby strongly implore President Mohamadu Buhari not to leave our future in the hand of NCE, Head of Service of the Federation, Ministers, head of Parastaters and the rest of them, thereby he should step into this matter and put things straight as the Executive President, we can't afford to graduate only to join the injustice melted upon HND graduates in the labour market name of dichotomy.
We hereby appeal and urge the HoS to put an end to this by rewriting the history books and enabling change in the direction of progressive development, which will truly begin by emancipating HND graduates and harnessing their full potentials for National Development.
The removal of this dichotomy, among other perceived institutionalised and discriminatory policies has been at the top of a list of demands by ASUP and has been the motivation for several industrial crises in both the public and private sectors. The bill seeking to stop this age long dichotomy has passed the second reading in the House of Representatives and we will urge that this bill be passed into law expediently.
We are calling for the autonomy of Polytechnics education in Nigeria, theories without practical is nothing but manipulations, Science and Technology flows together so President Buhari should ensure BSc and HND goes together and are treated the same.
NCE council should look into all past and present resolutions and forward same to the federal executive council for necessary action.
All minister of the federal republic of Nigeria should look into the issue of HND/BSc dichotomy in each of their ministries along with parastaters under them.
That NBTE should arise and resume her constitutional role over the products of her institution so accredited just like her counterpart body NUC.
We are optimistic on the struggle for the abolishment of HND/BSC dichotomy, as we urge that the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces, the Federal Executive Council, National Assembly and the National Council on Establishment to be our heroes, to be the champions of millions of Nigerian Youths who have been disenfranchised by this separatist policy and icons that will be remembered for changing Nigerian lives for good.
The struggle continues for the liberation of the polytechnic system from discrimination. #SAYNOTOHND/BSCDICHOTOMY #POLYTECHNICMUSTAWARDB.Tech.
Comrade Olugbode H Damola
National Vice President
National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS)
Comrade Olawole S Kolawole
Rep. Coalition of Concerned HND Holders
Sunday, January 7, 2018
NAPS DEMAND INCLUSION OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNICS IN THE ENERGIZING EDUCATION PROGRAMME INITIATIVE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has propose an Energizing Education Programme (EEP) initiative to rejuvenate the education system through electrifying a total of 37 federal universities and & 7 university teaching hospitals, with Independent Power Plants (IPPS), which is aimed at boosting effective learning, innovation and advancement through uninterrupted power supply.
The programme as good as it seems, is cooked with discrimination against the Polytechnic education, with no excuse good enough to justify the exclusion of Federal Polytechnics from the Energizing Education Programme other than discrimination at its peak. A programme to rejuvenate the education system sectionalized only to the university community without consideration for the Polytechnics and Colleges of Education is a proposed plan to kill other educational system in the country.
Extending electrification to rural and underserved areas where the institutions are located ultimately as part of the benefit of the programme is the more reason why Polytechnics and other educational system must partake in the initiative. Polytechnic are more located in remote areas, whatever criteria’s that chooses Federal Universities should accommodate Federal Polytechnics to give a level developmental grounds for all the system in the educational sector.
It is disheartening that the Federal Ministry of Education is a party to the discrimination against the Polytechnic education, the supervising Ministry of educational activities in Nigeria which is expected to know better and guild her counterpart ministry on how to go about the Programme failed, only to give consent to the segregation of other sectors to facilitate an interactive session with the vice chancellors and directors of physical planning of the affected universities.
National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) frown at the discrimination, calls for the inclusion of Federal Polytechnics in the EEP Initiative, Polytechnics should be given the benefit to enjoy an uninterrupted and dedicated power supply through the Off-grid Independent Power Project electricity, and also optimized security for the safety and wellbeing of students and staff through the installation of streetlights on campus.
Polytechnics as institution with practical based orientations are more in need of constant power supply to meet up world class trainings, research and teachings can be boost to professionalism, with significant impact on the quality of graduates produced, thereafter contributing remarkably to the production and invention of technology in Nigeria.
NAPS leadership would not hesitate to mobilize Polytechnic Students to the streets to press home the inclusion of Federal Polytechnics in the EEP Initiate, what is good for the geese is equally good for the gander. Polytechnics should not be subdue, segregated or discriminated against for any reason whatsoever. The sincerity of the Federal government to abolish the HND/ BSC dichotomy is in doubt and can only be redeemed by the immediate capturing of polytechnics in the proposed EEPI programme.
Signed
Comrade Olugbode Damola H
NAPS National Vice President (National Affairs) 08068360731
POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS APPRECIATE THE REVERSAL OF HIKE IN KWARAPOLY SCHOOL FEES
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National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) : New Year New Dimension
We wish all Nigerian students of the Polytechnic extraction, the general student populace and Nigerians as a whole a Happy New Year. May the new year bring new blessings, opportunities and breakthrough to your door steps and turn all your dreams into reality.
Every moment of life is new, every second's minute's and hour's of everyday, week's and month's in every Year is new and worth celebrating for the gift of life. The completion of a calendar is a start over of a new count, which can also be a mere continuation of life to many individuals.
New year can only be considered remarkable, if unbox with achievable resolutions, new turn of event, activities and achievement worth reckoning with. The previous year 2017 was more of political activities in NAPS, clashing with the interest of the association, Nigeria Polytechnic Students and the oppressed our voice speaks for.
The new year will be of a new dimension in the operations of NAPS with total concentration on the complete abolishment of the HND / BSC dichotomy with leverage on the political nature of the year. The affairs of the association will run strictly in accordance with the constitution, genuine struggles to liberate the oppressed from the shackles of oppressors. Motivational and inspirational programs package will be unveil in series for the benefit of the students.
Our leadership is committed than ever to force out our fair share in the activities of National Association of Nigeria Students ( NANS) especially in the forth coming NANS Convention, it is time to have a NANS President from the Polytechnics, it will not be business as usual. We will mobilize support for our own and standby the mandate.
NAPS will be taking a new dimension this year with zero tolerance for sabotage, impersonations and sales of student struggles. All corrupt element hiding under the association name are advised to repent or stay clear the activities of NAPS for the our Leadership under the watch of Comrade Mohammed Eneji as National President will not condole nonsense.
Once again we wish you all Happy New Year.
Come Olugbode Damola Hammed
NAPS Vice President (National Affairs)
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