By John Oba
Abuja
Coalition of Civil Society Groups, (CCSG) has called on the leadership of tertiary institutions in the country to emulate the management of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state on efficiency and accountability rate of good governance in their institutions.
The coalition, at a press conference in Abuja, said it unscheduled visit to the polytechnics as part of it assessment tour of Nigeria institutions in the last one year, revealed that it management led by Prof. Godwin Onu, has proved that Nigeria institutions could still achieved their mandate despite lean resources.
President of the coalition, Comrade Etuk Bassey William, said the management of the polytechnic had shown prudency with resources at its disposal with the level of achievements it had recorded in the last few years.
He said the independent assessment and evaluation of public office holders of the group was a normal routine to check the excesses of people in government so as to enhance transparency and accountability in government.
Adding that it visit to the school was part of it mandate to ensure that quality and standard was guarantee in the education sector.
He said: “Our visit to Oko is the sixth in the series of tours, and it is our culture to address the press after each assessment tour as a way of encouraging those that are doing well and to call those who are find wanting to order, because we are not here to praise sing anybody or witch-hunt anybody.
“Our findings in Oko are heartwarming. It is not a story of condemnation, but commendations because we discover that the administrative effectiveness in the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), has been judiciously use to build infrastructures in the institution.
“We enjoin other chief executives to borrow lessons from the rector as to grow the efficiency and accountability rate of good governance in Nigeria. Because what we find there shows that the polytechnic can compete with any in the world.
“With the Introduction of electronic examination to stop malpractice and several structural developments that are completed, we wish others will learn from the rector,” he said.
