Mubi Polytechnic recovering from Boko Haram attack, admits 4,600 students

The Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa is steadily recovering from the Boko Haram attack of 30 months ago.

The institution has matriculated 4,600 students for its 2016/2017 academic session.

The attack, which occurred in October 2014, led to a low intake of 1,936 students for the 2015/2016 academic session.

Sadiq Yahya, rector of the polytechnic, said that the current improvement in enrollment was due to academic stability and the hard work of the academic staff, adding that management would continue to work with all stakeholders to ensure stability on the campus.

He advised the polytechnic community to resist internal and external manipulations aimed at disrupting academic activities on campus.

“Today we have recorded an improvement in the enrollment of students on this great institution against the 2015/2016 enrollment,” he said.

“This has been achieved due largely to the academic stability as a result of absence of strike actions which lead to timely graduation of students and the efficiency on the part of the academic staff which tell a lot on the quality of the graduates of our dear institution.

“I urge the polytechnic Mubi community to stand its ground and oppose any manipulation either internally or externally conceived targeted as causing academic disharmony.

“We the management will continue to resist any attempt by group or individuals that is aimed at breaching the peace and stability on this campus.

“It is only the academic board that is mandated to lengthen or shorten any semester and no anyone else.”

The polytechnic was shut down in October 2014 after a Boko Haram attack that led to the death of 26 students and some lecturers.

The institution was reopened in June 2015 but has suffered low enrollment of students until now.