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.
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.
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