The Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State has been commended by Kwara State Government on No-To-Sex-For-Grade campaign staged at Nigeria Polytechnics Games' opening ceremony held in Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.




The ceremony which was declared open by Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdurasaq Abdulraman represented by his deputy, Mr. Kayode Alabi. The Governor, in his address charged the athletes and officials participating in this year's Nigeria Polytechnics Games (NIPOGA) to demonstrate high level of sportsmanship because NIPOGA has proved to be a unifying factors and a tool for fostering national integration among polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of technology throughout the federation.


Meanwhile, on the level of pervasive and intermittent cases of sexual harassments marauding tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the Kwara State commissioner for tertiary education, science and technology, Hajia Sadaatu Modibbo Kawu has commended the frantic efforts of the Federal Polytechnic Offa as the first institution to bring up such campaign to curtail the menace. While addressing the campaign team led by the Head of Mass Communication Department, Mr. Wole Alawode in her office on February 12th, 2020, the Honourable commissioner assures the team of State Government's support to replicate 'No-To-Sex-For Grade' campaign in state owned institutions and at the same time, take it up to the national level with wider coverage. She said, " I have been discussing with my team on what to do in our institutions and you have spoken my mind for coming with this new initiative. It gladdens my heart that this kind of campaign is coming from an institution and the Federal Polytechnic Offa is the first to stage such campaign against sex for grade in Nigeria. It shows we are leading by example. This campaign is something that we really need to replicate in our tertiary institutions. This is a very good initiative from the Federal Polytechnic Offa."


https://www.ackcitynews.com/2020/02/fedpoffa-is-first-institution-to-stage.html