NBTE grants Full Accreditation to Nigeria Korea Friendship Institute NKFI.
Opens Automobile Workshop to publics.
ATABO Junior
The Nigeria – Korea Friendship Institute, Lokoja, Kogi state NKFI has secured full accreditation of its five programmes presented to the National Board for Technical Education NBTE.
The programmes accredited to run National Innovative Diploma NID include: Computer Software Engineering, Welding and Fabrication, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, others are Automotive mechantronic Engineering and Networking and Systems Security.
The Rector , Williams Charles Oluwatoyin made the disclosure in a world press conference held on Monday in his office in Lokoja.
He noted that the Institute has been running both short time and full time programmes over Eight years ago, but could achieved the accreditation in January 2024, assured prospective students and parents that the accreditation has opened a new dawn in the training of skillful and globally competitive graduates expected to revolutionalise the industrialization of the economy.
He said , part of the Institute desire to offer the best to the motoring publics, its automotive workshop, fully digitised would open her services to the general publics .
He called on the people to avail themselves to patronise the workshop, which boasts of modern and digital equipment capable of handling all kinds of vehicular faults with precision.
Oluwatoyin stated that aside the full accreditation of the courses, the Director General Government House, Shaibu Oricha has approved scholarship for 30 individuals to study for various programs of the school
” Recall that between 19 – 21 of December, 2023, the delegation from the Nigeria Board of Technical Education were at our institution to carry out an accreditation exercise of all our programs. The visitation was a reflection of hard work and commitment to birthing tangible changes under my Rectorship.
“We are so delighted to announce to you and the entire public that the NBTE have granted full accreditation to all the the programmes in our institution. These programmes including National Innovation Diploma (NID) Computer Software Engineering, NID Welding and Fabrication, NID Network and System Security, NID Electrical/Electronic Engineering and NVC Automotive Mechantronics were accredited with effect from January 2024.* He disclosed
According to him, the full status accreditation has poised them to deliver on their mandate, “While this phase in our sojourn is laid to rest, for now till 2029, we are committed to raising the bar of academic excellence, fostering the actualisation of our mission and vision as well as our keen interest to emerge as a global reputable and competitive institute of vocational and technical learning.
“We strongly remain unwavering and ever committed to ensuring that we nip in the bud issues of unemployment, through our plans to produce highly employable and skilled professionals.”
“When I resumed, one of the very key strategy we adopted was a continued advocacy to individuals that cut across the traditional, religious, political and humanitarian sector, suggesting to many of them to sponsor young men and women from their respective locality. Many well meaning individuals responded favourably. Very remarkable is the Director General, Kogi State Government House administration. Dr. Shaibu Oricha has decided to sponsor 30 students in an annual scholarship scheme cutting across the 21 Local government areas of the state.
“We want to use this opportunity to again urge those who are in respective positions of authority and possess the financial weight to emulate men like Dr. Oricha and toe the path of investing in the younger ones for the collective good of the people of Kogi state and the nation by extension.
Meanwhile, the rector commended the immediate past Governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello for his commitment to the growth and development of the institute
