The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has approved the appointment of Duke Okoro as the pioneer rector of Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State.
Okoro, a former director of International Development at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State holds a PhD in Environmental Analytical Chemistry from the University of Benin.
He is a fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Environmental Society, Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria and Institute of Management Consultant.
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The new polytechnic is expected to provide full and part-time courses and training in different fields of study.
The bill for the creation of the Federal Polytechnic was initiated by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, an indigene of Orogun and passed into law by the National Assembly.
The deputy senate president had earlier commissioned a power substation which would provide electricity to the polytechnic and the host community.
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