The Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa was established in 1983 by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The intention of the federal Government to establish the Polytechnic was predicated by the Government’s desire to revolutionize the society technologically. This is spelt out in the objectives of the Polytechnic as contained in the Federal Polytechnic Decree No. 28 of 1987. Amongst the important objectives is:
To train people to acquire Technical and vocational skills which are needed for the economic and social development of Nigeria especially in the fields of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.
At the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, academic work commenced in January 1984 at the Central Primary School dubbed Temporary Site with an initial intake of 220 students enrolled in two schools: School of Environmental and Business Studies. A department of Liberal Studies courses and administration of Pre-National Diploma programmes. An important land mark in the development of the Polytechnic was initial accreditation of all the programmes in 1985 and commencement of HND programmes in 1986 in Business Administration and Management, Accountancy, Secretarial Studies, Town and Regional Planning.
In 1986, the then minister of Education, Professor Jibril Aminu cut the sod to begin the Physical development at the permanent site. With the completion of classroom blocks and offices or School o Environmental Studies, the permanent site was commissioned for use in December 1984. During this period, National Diploma (ND) programmes in Archite- ctural Technology, Building and Quantity Surveying (BQS), Town and Regional Planning, and Estate Management, School of Business and Management Studies has BAM, Accountancy and Secretarial Studies, were initiated.
The rapid academic development continued in 1992/1993 session with commencement of ND programmes in Electrical Electronics Engineering Technology, Science Laboratory Tech- nology and statistics. These programmes had associated with them requisite laboratories and workshops fully equipped to meet the requirements or accreditation. Indeed, with this development the Polytechnic can now be said to be a full-fledged Technical Institution offering programmes in core Engineering, Applied Science, Environmental and Business Studies. Today, the Polytechnic has a student population of over 7,000 in regular student’s programmes spread over 21 academic departments in four schools. An additional School of Basic and Remedial Studies is responsible for IJMB progra-mme and weekend courses. Indeed, from humble beginning the Polytechnic has grown to an institution of stature in the country, drawing students and staff from all over the Federation and beyond. |
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