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Academics and engineering students from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, have called on the Federal Government to increase investment in modern laboratory and workshop facilities, warning that the gap in practical learning is undermining Nigeria’s competitiveness in global engineering.

The appeal followed the return of 37 engineering students and two lecturers from a 20-day hands-on training programme at Zhejiang Polytechnic University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Hangzhou, China.

Speaking to journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Saturday, the Provost of ABUAD’s College of Engineering, Prof. Moses Onibonoje, said the programme gave students access to technologies largely unavailable in Nigeria.

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“The participants received hands-on training in programmable logic control systems, digital twin technology, robotic arm design, Computer Numerical Control machines, 2D and 3D printing, coordinate milling machines and advanced metrology equipment,” he said.

“This is a pioneer programme for the College of Engineering, and the experience has been overwhelming. Our students acquired advanced skills in intelligent manufacturing and intelligent control technologies. They also gained international exposure by working with world-class facilities.”

An Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Imhade Okokpujie, said Nigerian students have the intellectual capacity to compete globally but are held back by poor infrastructure.

“Our students demonstrated remarkable intelligence and adaptability throughout the programme. They participated in programming, advanced manufacturing and 3D printing exercises. However, if Nigeria must attain global competitiveness in engineering, there must be deliberate investment in modern laboratories and practical learning facilities,” she said.

A 500-level Mechanical Engineering student, Adeniji Opeyemi, said the training bridged the gap between theory and practice. “We worked with CNC lathe machines, CNC milling machines, 3D printers and digital twin systems. These are technologies we had learnt theoretically but had never operated before,” he said.

He urged the government to equip Nigerian universities with modern engineering facilities, noting that students in China spend more time in workshops and laboratories than in conventional classrooms.

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