Rivers State Government has been urged to give the required attention to the dilapidated Government Technical College (GTC), Tombia, in Degema Local Government, as part of the ongoing government owned schools  in the state.

The chairman, Tombia Council of chiefs, Chief Lucas Aluye Benibo, made the appeal while addressing youth of the community recently.

Benibo, said the call became imperative after considering the cream of persons the school has produced so far, saying that it can still serve the purpose for which it was built.

He noted that government owned schools are better than private ones, wondering how most state owned secondary schools are allowed to degenerate.

He  tasked the youth to take up the challange by rehabilitating the school themselves.

According to him, the GTC was a source of pride to the community then, expressing hope that it will flourish better now upon refurbishment.

The Tombia chief, further charged communities in which government secondary schools are situated to rise up to the occasion and ensure that something was done about it in the nearest future.

He recalled how Technical Colleges used to empower the students even while on training, adding that such benefit should not be allowed to die.

Others who spoke, charged the youth to shun any act of violence and to pay more attention to their studies as the only vehicle that will take them to the promised land.

They called on the government to see  to the maintenance of the community secondary school as well as the primary schools in order not to jeopardize the future of the younger generation.

They pointed out that some of the schools now house dangerous reptiles, saying that urgent moves should be made in order to avoid lost of life as a result of snake or crocodile bite.