Systemic failure killing Nigerian Polytechnics, says Presidential Panel On By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti A Presidential Visitation Panel sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, expressed regret that the Polytechnics had failed to live up to the desire of the designers of technical education, which was to promote technology and advanced the economy, due to general falling of the educational standards in the country. The panel said the falling standard of education in the country was responsible for the noticeable failures in the country’s polytechnics. The Chairman of the 7-man Panel tagged: “Making the System Work”, Chief John Ochoga, spoke in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday during an interaction with newsmen on their mission at the Polytechnic.