The Federal government’s visitation panel assigned to the Federal Technical College, Omoku in Rivers state has disclosed that the panel is 80 percent gone into its investigation of the college even as government promises to implement the report of the panel to the latter.

The Federal Government has deferred the take-off of Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State till September for lack of sufficient funds to provide the needed environment for students of the institution.

“I dedicate this result to the Almighty God who gave me the opportunity to come out with this outstanding performance. I thank my parents for their strict discipline and my teachers for encouraging me and the state government for its efforts in revamping the education sector. l also want to attribute my performance to the grace of God, personal sacrifice and hard work.”

The structural shift from 7-5-4 to the 6-3-3-4 system of education in 1983 was expected to address a lot of perceived deficiencies and respond to the educational yearnings of Nigerians for technological and self reliant skills. But, unfortunately, the system has been endangered by funding challenges, incessant strike actions, limited admission spaces offered by JAMB, among others, making millions of Nigerians to seek knowledge outside the shores of the country.

In these days of artificial hair, fingernails, eyelashes, breasts, buttocks, foods, drinks, the list goes on, man has been visited with all kinds of diseases and scientists are advocating that we go back to nature. Professor Ifeoma Enweani is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi campus.