The National Board for Technical Education has accredited eight courses at the Federal Polytechnic, Ukana in Akwa Ibom State.
A statement from the Information Officer of the polytechnic, Manasseh Umoette, noted that the approval was contained in a letter signed by the Director of Polytechnic Programmes, NBTE, Architect Ogoh Ngbede, and addressed to the Rector, Dr Uduak Sunday Ukekpe.
According to Umoette, the accredited programmes National Diploma Civil Engineering, ND Electrical/Electronic Engineering, ND Computer Engineering, ND Science Laboratory Technology, ND Computer Science, ND Statistics, ND Accountancy and ND Business Administration and Management.
The statement added that the approval followed the “Resource Inspection/Verification exercise embarked on by the NBTE Visitation team in the Polytechnic between 13th and 14th July 2022.
The statement noted that the approval takes effect from the 2021/2022 academic session.