Polytechnic Community Lauds Rector As FEDPOFFA Bakery Kickstarts Operation

Members of the Polytechnic community at the Federal Polytechnic Offa has showered encomiums on the Rector, Engr. Dr. Kadiri Kamoru Oluwatoyin FNSE after the institution’s bakery kickstarts production of buttered bread.

The first batch of production carried out on Monday 25 November 2024 were presented to the management, staff members and the Polytechnic Community at the Permanent Site.

While reacting to the development, the Deputy Rector Administration, Dr. Salimonu Ishaq Rasheed commended the visionary leadership style of Engr. Dr. Kadiri Kamoru and highlighted the Polytechnic’s unwavering commitment to diversifying into other viable business ventures.

Dr. Salimonu expressed satisfaction with the quality of bread produced, adding that the bottled water factory will also commence production to complement the Polytechnic’s bakery to boost the revenue base of the institution.

According to him, ” The bakery is part of the fulfillment of the Rector’s strategic mantra to expand the Polytechnic’s Internally Generated Revenue and rejig the Polytechnic for multiple streams of income. The management is diversifying and exploring newer funding models through viable business ventures as contained in the Recto’s vision plan. With the commencement of bread production, the bakery team has moved ahead from a test-run to commercial scale production and the factory is now running as a business entity.”

Also speaking, the manager of the Bakery, Mrs. Sunmonu Basirat who is a senior lecturer in the Department of Food Technology said the bakery officially opened for business in Monday 25 November 2024 with modern baking facilities. While commending the efforts of the management for the procurement of bakery equipment, she assured of quality production of bread that would benchmark the highest standard and food safety requirement in the confectionery industry.

“Although, the objective of the bakery project is to upscale the Polytechnic’s overall IGR, the bakery will also serve as a training ground to equip students and staff with required skills on bread production,” she said.