As part of effort to ensure that all courses in the Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori are accredited for the effective running of National and Higher National Diploma programmes, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has carried out the accreditation of four programmes in the institution.

Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Professor T.G. Sokari said the visit of a team of inspectors from NBTE was for the reaccreditations of the National Diploma in Science Laboratory Technology and Architecture programmes.

Other programmes that were accredited include Resource Inspection and Statistic.

The Rector emphasised that the polytechnic would continue to establish academic programmes that are relevant to the manpower needs of the state.

He disclosed that the institution will soon offer courses in pharmaceutical  technology in a bid to produce laboratory technologists and technician adding that the production of such categories of persons will go a long way to enhance healthcare delivery system in the state hospitals and healthcare centres.

Professor Sokari, however, added that the science laboratory department of the institution has state-of-the-art facilities to commence the pharmaceutical technology programme.

Also speaking, the leader of the NBTE team, Mr Austin Ifejika stated that the primary objective of the team is to ensure that only quality programmes are established in the polytechnics and colleges of technology in the country.

He noted that the accreditation visit was not a fault-finding exercise but to ascertain and encourage polytechnics to adhere to NBTE guideline.

Sogbeba Dokubo