Dr. Orgbanyi Emmanuel Gbonko's Welcome Message.
The College Management, Staff, Students and
the entire College Community are highly honoured to welcome you to
our College. Our College is a State institution owned by the Benue State
Government.
It was founded in 1926 as a Farm Training Centre by the Colonial
Administration. In 1973, it was upgraded to a School of Agriculture
offering programmes
leading to the award of Ordinary National Diplomas (OND). In 1983,
a Benue State House of Assembly bill upgraded it to a College of
Agriculture and empowered
it to award National and Higher National Diplomas. It was later
renamed Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture in memory of the late
paramount traditional ruler
of Tivland where it is located, HRH Orchiviligh (Dr.) James
Akperan Orshi, Tor Tiv III. AOCAY is a specialised institution with a
mandate to train middle level
manpower with technical skills in the agricultural sector. The
College runs several programmes including Remedial Science, Pre-National
Diploma, National Diploma,
Pre-Higher National Diploma, Higher National Diploma & Post
Graduate Diplomas in agriculture and allied courses. Aside from farms
which are used by students for practical,
we engage in commercial activities like piggery, poultry
production, fish farming, hatchery services, animal feed production,
nurseries/orchards, tractor hiring and consultancy services among
others. The College is located in Yandev, a town 82km from Makurdi, the
capital of Benue State.