Education
RSSDA Donates Textbooks To Tai, Gokana LGs
As part of its contribution to the advancement of education in Tai and Gokana Local Government Areas, the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) has donated science and exercise books to the two local government areas of the state.
A breakdown of the figure shows that the Gokana Local Government received 20,000 science Textbooks while Tai got 7000 exercise books and 7000 science Textboks respectively.
Presenting the books, the Exercutive Director of the Agency, Mr. Noble Pepple said that the gesture was in fulfillment of the promise made by the Agency during the Excellent in Local Government Initiative (ELGI) End of Tenure Awards, in the state in which Gokana Local Government Council emerged overall best while Tai took the third pace among the 23 local government councils in the state.
Mr. Pepple said that the materials would help to advance educational development of the areas particularly reading culture amongst the students of the local government areas.
He also said that the RSSDA education development initiative particularly donation of books would act as a moral booster to the beneficiaries and also challenge other local government areas to perform in project implementation.
He also presented two cartons of Glo handsets and some agricultural equipment to two local government areas.
The chairman of Gokana Local Government Council, Hon. Demua L. Demua and his Tai counterpart Gbenekanu Kuapie thanked the RSSDA for the gesture promising to sustain the position of their respective councils in the ELGI programme.
They also charge the students of the local government areas to utilise the advantages offered by the RSSDA gesture to improve their academic and reading habit so as to justify the huge investment by the agency.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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