Delta State Government has given tertiary institutions in the state conditions for organising convocation ceremonies if the governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, must attend the occasion.
In a statement on Thursday, the Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, said tertiary institutions in the state must make certificates and transcripts ready for the graduands.
The commissioner was quoted to have given the condition while addressing members of the governing council, rector and management staff of the Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe, Oghara.
According to him, Okowa will no longer be a visitor to any state-owned tertiary institution’s convocation ceremony where the certificates and transcripts of the graduands are not ready.
He assured the management of the institution that the state government was committed to completing all ongoing projects in the institution.
Muoboghare also commended the Polytechnic for putting into use the partially completed School of Mechanical Engineering complex.
He advised the Head, Welding and Fabrication Department, to organise a remedial programme for artisans not academically qualified but ready to undergo three to six months training in the trade.
The rector, Prof. Emmanuel Ogujor, who conducted the commissioner and his team round the project sites in the institution, appealed to the state government to give the institution approval to recruit new staff to replace those that had retired or died.
The rector also appealed for funds to enable management equip the polytechnic’s laboratories and workshops, complete the numerous ongoing projects and rehabilitate the school gate.
