Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleman  Abba has urged pupils and staff of Police Officers’ Wife Association (POWA) Comprehensive College, Mini-Okoro, Port Harcourt, to effectively use computers given to the school by Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN).

Mr. Abba gave the charge recently during the handover ceremony of N9 million  renovated building and 30 Dell computers to the school by MPN, operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/MPN joint venture.

The state police boss commended MPN for its support in giving the school a facelift, thereby enhancing a conducive learning environment for the school”.

While also expressing appreciation for the 30 computers and printers given the school, Mr. Abba noted the importance of information technology in the world.

“The world today is governed by the power of information technology. This is why I urge the management and student to make judicious use of the donations,” he said.

Speaking at the event, manager, Public and Government Affairs, Port Harcourt, Mr. Akaninyere Esiere expressed the gratitude of the management of MPN for its joint venture partner, the Nigeria Petroleum Corporation for its numerous contributions to the joint venture community development programmes.

Mr Esiere said the project was an answer to a call from the police authorities for assistance in providing a befitting learning environment for the students and teachers.

“MPN over the years, has had a cordial and good working relationship with the Nigerian Police”.

While noting that the computers would aid the student teachers and other staff catch up on information technology, he stated that “computer literacy is very vital in today’s world and MPN, as a corporate body, is assisting the students become computer literate.

He continued that the NNPC/MPN joint venture would continue to assist the government at federal, state and local levels to help develop the communities in which we live and operate”.

Mr. Esiere also implored the school authorities to grant the students easy access to the computers and urged for proper assuage, security and maintenance of the computers of the computers by the school management in order to derive maximum benefits.

In her remarks, Mrs. Nkechi Duru, Vice Principal (Administration) commended MPN for coming to the schools aid in the provision of the computers sets and renovation of classrooms and offices.

According to her, the donation would enhance the teaching and learning of the school, expressing the hope that MPN will continue to remember the school with other community projects.

Sogbeba Dokubo