From Audu Joe, Lokoja
The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja has matriculated 6,385 Students for the new academic session.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr Salisu Usman Ogbo disclosed this on Saturday at the 28th matriculation ceremony of the institution.
The matriculating students the Rector said comprises of 4,512 for National Diploma, (ND) and 1, 873 for Higher National Diploma, (HND).
Ogbo added that the programme cut across six schools, including the newly established School of Agricultural Technology, Itakpe.
He however, reminded the students that the institution prohibit anyone under any guise to force students to buy textbooks as a precondition for performance in the Continuous Assessment, (CA), and examination.
Meanwhile, the Rector has warned the new students to shun cultism and other social vices in the institution.
” You should be informed that the Polytechnic under my watch has zero tolerance for all forms of social vices such as cultism, gun-running, examination malpractices, drug abuse, divisive tendencies, cyber crimes, incitement, violence, gangsterism, misuse and destruction of school properties, stealing and in descent dressing.
“Since we came on board, we have so far expelled over 150 students on cases bothering on cultism, examination misconduct, and forging of entry document among others.