Imo State Polytechnic is a higher education institute in
Umuagwo
Umuagwo is a town in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State in Nigeria. The population is mostly Christian and Igbo-speaking. The town lies on the Otamiri River downstream from Ihiagwa and from Owerri on the Port Harcourt ...
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Imo State
Imo State ( ig, Ȯra Imo) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its name from the Imo River which flows al ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...
. It was established in 1978 as the Michael Okpara College of Agriculture, Umuagwo and was upgraded to a Polytechnic status, renamed as the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in 2007. The institution provides courses, training and research in all branches of Agriculture, Management Sciences, Engineering and Food Sciences.
The institution is certified to award National Diploma and Higher National Diploma qualifications.
The Polytechnic is twenty-six kilometers from
Owerri
Owerri ( , ) is the capital city of Imo State in Nigeria, set in the heart of Igboland. It is also the state's largest city, followed by Orlu, Okigwe and Ohaji/Egbema. Owerri consists of three Local Government Areas including Owerri Municipal ...
on the
Port Harcourt road and has three hundred and sixty hectares of land. The
Otamiri River
The Otamiri River is one of the main rivers in Imo State, Nigeria. The river takes its name from ''Ota Miri'', a deity who owns all the waters that are called by his name, and who is often the dominating god of Mbari houses. The river runs south ...
runs past its border, making it ideal for all year round agricultural production through irrigation.
[
]Chinwe Obaji
Chinwe Obaji is a higher education lecturer, teacher and education administrator who was appointed to heaNigeria's Federal Ministry of Educationin June 2005 as Senior Minister, and was succeeded a year later by Obiageli Ezekwesili.
Background
Ch ...
was a lecturer at this institution before being appointed head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education.
See also
* List of polytechnics in Nigeria
This article provides a list of polytechnics in Nigeria, as well as agricultural colleges and other tertiary educational institutes that provide practical training.
It does not include universities or teachers' training institutions.
The polytech ...
References
External links
Official website
Polytechnics in Nigeria
Education in Imo State
Educational institutions established in 1978
1978 establishments in Nigeria
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