Photos: Inside The Decaying State Of Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri As Exposed By Gov Zulum During Visit, Says ‘Polytechnic Is Dead’

Governor Zulum of Borno State paid an unscheduled visit to Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri, a school he passed through as well as  being a Rector, he was speechless on the state in which he found the school, a state of decay, deterioration,  falloff this prompted him to suspend the entire  management of the school for six months, even as he pronounced the school as dead, in his words he said, the “Polytechnic is dead.”

The Governor was shocked to see workshops and laboratories were no longer functioning, as the “Polytechnic is dead”.

The Governor visited the Polytechnic around 9:00 am and found most of the laboratories out of use, with some covered by cobwebs and rodents roaming around due to neglect. Zulum assessed all infrastructures and learning conditions, and thereafter, directed the State’s Commissioner of Higher Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Babagana Mallumbe to take over the affairs of the School immediately.

“As far as I am concerned, this Polytechnic is dead. Nothing is working. The workshops are not in existence, the mechanical workshop is not working, the agricultural workshop is not working, likewise, the entrepreneurship center is not working. The School is facing myriads of problems, ranging from lack of funding and commitment. As a former student of this polytechnic, a former rector, I have moral stakes in this polytechnic. Insha’Allah, I will not allow this polytechnic to rot during my era as Governor of Borno State. I will do everything possible within my reach to ensure the functionality of this institution Insha Allah.”

“I have directed the Commissioner of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to take over the affairs for the next six months. The ministry is to ensure that all the Workshops and the laboratories are put back to use as soon as possible. The entrepreneurship center should immediately be put back to use as well. When I was at the Polytechnic as a Rector, the entrepreneurship center was producing nothing less than 10,000 to 20,000 school desks and chairs every month. We produced hospital beddings” Zulum said.