Edo Poly commissions analytical lab. with only functional Gas Chromatography equipment in South-South
ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY
Edo State Polytechnic, Usen has commissioned an analytical laboratory, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, including a gas chromatography equipment.
The equipment is said to be the only functional one in the whole South-South region of Nigeria.
Prof. Abiodun Falodun, Rector of the institution, formerly known as Edo State Institute of Technology and Management (ESITM), stated that the laboratory was set up to provide for the needs of academic institutions, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), private researchers, industries in different sectors of the state.
Prof. Falodun expressed that the commissioning will be followed by a two-day training workshop for academics, technologists and technicians in the school, to be led by Dr. Adisa Samuel and other experts from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State.
He remarked that the project was completed with support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), and will go a long way to position the institution as the hub for chemical analysis as well as training technicians, technologists and others in chemical and allied sciences, in the South-South Region.
Some of the equipment in the laboratory include Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS), Gas Chromatography equipment (GC), UY-Visible, Spectrophotometer, Flame Photometer, Freeze Dryers, Colorimeter, Polarimeter, among others.
Furthermore, he noted that the analytical laboratory has equipment to serve the food and agro-allied companies, including Okomu Plc and Presco Plc., water factories, pharmaceutical companies and petrochemical companies, among others.
