DISCLAIMER: HOUSE OF REPS PANEL EXPRESSES SHOCK AS FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC UGEP WITH 142 STUDENTS SPENDS OVER N600M ON PERSONNEL, OVERHEAD

<h4>DISCLAIMER<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>The attention of the Management has been drawn to a false and misleading publication dated 3rd December&comma; 2024&comma; on the above subject matter orchestrated by &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Whisperer” an online publisher against our institution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The institution&comma; hereby issue this disclaimer notice to correct the false and misleading information published by &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Whisperer”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;For purposes of clarity and in order to better facilitate your understanding&comma; we deem it not only necessary but also very expedient to chronicle the facts of our complaint as follows&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;a&period; The Federal Government approved the establishment of a Polytechnic for Cross River State and it is to be situated in Ugep&comma; the Central part of the state and to enhance its early take-off&comma; the Federal Government approved the release of N2 billion for the project&period; The above institution being a new school&comma; management has judiciously used the above take-off sum to embarked on a good number of capital projects to enhance smooth take-off&period; Take notice that&comma; the institution was never given 20 billion Naira as take-off grant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>b&period; The above institution being a new school&comma; management has been doing its best on social media&comma; tv stations etc to attract students into the institutions and the 154 staff was an initial waiver given by federal government to recruit take-off staff&period; We also wish to state that&comma; the issue of personnel cost is strictly handled by the IPPIS Secretariat&comma; a Department under the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>c&period; It is worthy of note that&comma; the Ugep people are very hospitable people and the management has been and is having a very cordial relationship with the people and they valued and respect this relationship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>d&period; The publication contained false and defamatory statements against our institution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>e&period; The statements were made without our knowledge&comma; consent&comma; or verification&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We hereby disclaim and reject these false and misleading publications&period; We assert that these statements are malicious&comma; libelous&comma; and intended to harm our reputation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We urge members of the public to be cautious of these false publications and to verify information through official channels before accepting it as true&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We remain committed to our mission&comma; values&comma; and principles&period; We will continue to provide excellent services to our stakeholders and maintain the highest standards of integrity and professionalism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thank you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ARIKPO O&period; ENO<br &sol;>&NewLine;Registrar<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-27717" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;12&sol;Ugep-2-218x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DISCLAIMER" width&equals;"218" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;27718" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-27718" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-27718" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;12&sol;Ugep-1-300x191&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DISCLAIMER" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"191" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-27718" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Federal Poly<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;