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DELTA
State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has said boarding system will
be introduced in some of the schools in the state from next academic
session.
The Governor dropped the hint yesterday (14/06/16)
at Ofagbe, Isoko North local government area of the state while
commissioning the rebuilt Ofagbe Technical College, Ofagbe as part of
activities lined up to celebrate his one year in office.
The
Governor also, commissioned Eni Primary School, Ellu and inspected the
on-going construction work of Owheologbo/Abbi road project, also in
Isoko North Local Government Area of the state.
According to Governor
Okowa, his administration was not going to compromise technical
education off the youths of the state which will enable them to be
future entrepreneurs and employers of labour.
It is on record that to
encourage skill acquisition, shortly after assumption of duty in 2015,
Governor Okowa awarded the contract to reconstruct three technical
schools into the state, viz: the technical school at Ofagbe, Sapele and
Agbor.
"We need to re-equip our schools after providing the
physical structures, we need to establish the boarding facilities from
the next academic session," the Governor said, stating, "technical
education is one of our cardinal programmes because, they afford our
youths the opportunity to acquire skills and be employers of labour in
future."
He added, "we require this school and many other
schools in the state to develop skills of our youths who will in turn,
provide employment for our children in the future."
The
Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in the state, Mr Chiedu
Ebie at the occasion, said, "now that Ofagbe Technical College has been
repositioned as a world class institution through massive
infrastructural upgrades and refurbishment by the state government,
there comes the time for the entire Ofagbe Community to reciprocate this
kind gesture through community participation to secure and protect the
school from vandalism and theft."
In a related development,
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has commissioned the rehabilitated cum
constructed Kefas/Old Emede/Uzere road, Oleh in Isoko South local
government area of Delta State amidst pomp and pageantry.
Speaking
at the occasion, Governor Okowa assured Deltans, particularly, the
Isoko people of more people-oriented programmes, observing that the
contractor handling section C of Ughelli/Asaba road dualization project
has been mobilized to site.
He used the occasion to appeal to warring
communities in Isoko to embrace peace, saying, "I want to advise the
youths of Emede and Igbide to embrace peace, I don't think if a man
kills a fellow brother, he will be applauded for it, the killing of
another brother will not make the land to be your own, it is time for us
to talk to ourselves."
The Governor urged elders to always
give information to security agents to nip security challenges in the
bud, reiterating, "let us be wise, let us be cautious, let us live in
peace with our neighbours."
He charged the elders of the
communities to cooperate with the Committee set up by the Local
Government Chairman, Hon. Itiako Ikpokpo and help ensure peace in the
area stressing "It is wrong for the elders in this area to hide the
identity of those youths perpetuating this evil, they should contribute
to ensuring the maintenance of peace and cooperate with the committee
set up by the council chairman Hon. Itiako lkpokpo to look into the
crisis and l hope that a lasting solution will be found so that my
administration can continue with its vision for the development of Isoko
land."
President-General of Isoko Development Union (IDU), High
Chief Iduh Amadhe at the occasion, said, "Your Excellency, we express
our appreciation for your magnanimity towards the Isoko nation, we will
remember you for making the best out of a difficult situation by
completing the DELSU, Oleh Campus Access Road, completion and
commissioning of the DELSU, Oleh Campus Law Faculty Complex, and
on-going efforts by your administration at ensuring the accreditation of
courses for Law and Engineering Faculties at the Oleh Campus of the
DELSU, upgrading and improvement of physical structures of the Ofagbe
Technical College and the Owhe-Ologbo/Abbi road construction work which
is on-going."
The President-General thanked Governor Okowa
for, "the rehabilitation of the old Oleh/Emede road, widening of the
shoulders of the road from the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro to Notre
Dame College, Ozoro, renovation of many primary schools in Isoko land,
construction of the road leading to to the Anglican Grammar School,
Iyede and the resurfacing of Otovo and other streets in Iyede; the
recent approval for the construction of the Isoko Unity House which when
completed, shall be pride and rallying point for every Isoko man and
the oneness of purpose of the Isoko ethnic nationality.
