The Federal Polytechnic Offa (FEDPOFFA) has concluded plans to establish a Mechanical and Electrical Diagnostic Centre.
Director, Entrepreneurship Development Centre of the Polytechnic, Mr. Kamaldeen Arowomole, said the workshop, apart from serving as a source of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), would solve the problem of members of the Offa community and environs having to travel far to repair their vehicles.
He said the centre would follow the newly-established Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), which is a platform for students to enhance their entrepreneurship training.
The EDC was built with funds provided by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for 2011/2012 session.
It consists of offices for the Director and other workers, 40 workstations, conference room, business centre, and an incubator room to conceive and develop new ideas.
Arowomole urged the students to make the best use of the facility to prepare themselves for the future.
“With the government’s focus on entrepreneurship development in our tertiary institutions, one hopes that the next generation of Nigerian youths would not depend on what government can do for them to make a living but what they can do to help themselves and contribute to the nation’s economic growth,” he said.
The director also thanked the polytechnic management for equipping the centre with modern facilities.
“I say a big thank you to the Polytechnic Management under the leadership of Dr. Mufutau Olatinwo, for the support and encouragement to make this permanent office complex a reality.
“Among plans in the pipeline is the plan to propose to the Management on the expansion of our Concrete and Block-making Unit to meet the contractors’ demand and others willing to patronise us,” he said.