Tears Of Joy As Fed Poly Employs Physically Challenged Persons

There were tears of joyousness yesterday arsenic the Federal Polytechnic Orogun (FPO), Delta State, formally presented employment letters to palmy applicants among the Niger Delta Joint Association of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).

Presenting the letters connected Friday, portion hosting members of PWDs successful his office, the rector of FPO, Prof Duke Okoro, said it was a landmark measurement toward inclusiveness, fairness and societal justice.

He said the gathering reflected the institution’s progressive stance connected inclusion, empathy, and quality superior development, successful enactment with the directives of the national government.

Welcoming the delegation, Prof Okoro reaffirmed that 1 of the Polytechnic’s halfway values is anchored connected equity, fairness and societal responsibility, noting that the employment determination was successful strict compliance with the Federal Ministry of Education’s waiver mandating tertiary institutions to reserve a percent of jobs for persons with disabilities.

“At the Federal Polytechnic Orogun, we judge that inclusiveness strengthens institutions and societies. Disability should ne'er beryllium a obstruction to accidental oregon productivity. Our extremity is to springiness each susceptible Nigerian, careless of condition, a just accidental to lend meaningfully to nationalist development,” the Rector said.

He further stressed that the Polytechnic sees diverseness arsenic a root of strength, adding that the inaugural aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s imaginativeness of a just, inclusive and equitable Nigeria.

Prof Okoro besides assured the relation of ongoing partnership: “We volition spouse with your relation to guarantee sustained capableness building, mentorship and empowerment. This instauration volition proceed to basal arsenic a exemplary of fairness, compassion and accidental for all.”

The ambiance was filled with warmth and solemnisation arsenic the recently employed PWDs expressed gratitude for the accidental to service and lend to nationalist growth.

Delta State Coordinator of PWDs, Mr Ernest Igbuzor, praised the rector’s motion arsenic a uncommon enactment of enactment with a quality heart.

“This is historic. Federal Polytechnic Orogun has not lone offered america employment but has restored our dignity and consciousness of belonging.

“We convey the rector and his squad for their compassion. Other institutions should instrumentality a cue from this exemplary leadership,” helium said successful an emotion-laden voice.

The Niger Delta determination coordinator, Mr Isaac Obruche, besides expressed overwhelming joyousness and admiration for the Polytechnic’s inclusive policy.

In a infinitesimal of elation, helium led his members successful a spontaneous opus of praise dedicated to the Rector, describing him arsenic a “liberator, a antheral of his word, and a person of the physically challenged.”

“When Prof Okoro promised to employment immoderate of our members, we thought it was the accustomed rhetoric. But today, that committedness has go reality. He is simply a antheral of integrity and action.

“Through him, Federal Polytechnic Orogun has shown that authorities institutions tin beryllium some compassionate and visionary,” Obruche said, earlier offering heartfelt prayers for the rector and the institution.

The item of the ceremonial was the presumption of employment letters, handed implicit by the registrar, Mrs Christine Aluyi, to the rector, who past presented them to the association’s leader, Mr Obruche, symbolising the polytechnic’s fulfilment of its pledge to the PWD community.

To commemorate the event, the Polytechnic Management presented bags of atom to the visitors arsenic a motion of goodwill.

The symbolic lawsuit was attended by different apical officials of the Polytechnic, the Registrar, Mrs Christine Aluyi; the Bursar, Mrs Edwin Pamela and the librarian, Prof Edwin Achugbue, among others.