Amaechi Reasures Of Improved Education

Last week was full of activities for Governor Chibuike  Amaechi in Government House. On return from Abuja at the weekend, the governor opened the 3rd Rivers State Education Summit in Port Harcourt.

He spoke passionately about the efforts made by his administration at improving education at all levels. Amaechi who described education as an essential tool for development cautioned against politicising  this all important sector.

The governor said primary education is the foundation for good education, explaining that his administration redesigned primary education with appropriate curriculum, content and qualified teachers to deliver the best.

Amaechi who spoke at the conference in the company  of Prof. Wole Soyinka, Prof Banjo and  Prof Nimi Briggs, including other prominent  stakeholders in the health sector further  directed the Ministry  of Education to issue appointment  letters to applicants who have scaled through the teacher’s recruitment exercise.

On Tuesday, Governor Amaechi took a brief time off from the two-day education forum to conduct some projects inspection. He visited the Ogbogoro and Eliparanwo roads.

While calling for patience from the people, Rt.  Hon. Amaechi assured of government quest to ensure that the roads are built and delivered.

At Eliparanwo, he said, “Everybody must be patient, now we  are taking our time to build storm water drainage on the left side of the road which is sub-surface, on the right you have covered drains”.

On the Ogbogoro axis, Amaechi remarked, “We are rebuilding completely. We see these roads as new roads because there were  no drainages. You can see the drainage, they  are sub-surface  drains”. Same Tuesday, Governor Amaechi received Ogonis who paid a solidarity visit to him in Government House and led by chairman of Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council, HRM, King Godwin Ginwa.

The people made known their commitment to support the administration of Governor Chibuike Amaechi’, “Your Excellency  in 2011 elections, the people of Ogoni ethnic nationality delivered an overwhelming vote towards your re-election as the Executive Governor of Rivers State”, declared Justice  Peter Akere (rtd), who read the  group’s address.

They expressed pride over the governor’s  continued transparent, selfless and courageous  determination to speak the truth at all times, and commended his achievements so far in the state.

The Governor played host to the Minister of Niger  Delta, Chief Godsday  Orubebe on Wednesday. Chief Orubebe told Amaechi that the Federal Government had approved the setting up of a council on the Niger Delta to allow various stakeholders meet at least once every year to discuss mind-boggling issues of the region.

The minister also intimated Rt. Hon. Amaechi of the level of work on the East-West Road starting that, “Your Excellency by 2010, we came to realize that, the road is having 42 bridges, spanning from 70 metres to 850 metres. But we  have 786 culvert and have completed 37 out of the 42 bridges”.

On his part, Amaechi opined that the Niger Delta Master Plan  would be a signature  project that may promote speedy  development and progress in the Niger Delta, adding “I must say that, you and I are from the Niger Delta, this is the best chance  that we have. We can never have this kind of opportunity again… We can’t complain and we can’t afford to fail”.

Rt. Hon. Amaechi, declared open the Rivers State Water Conference on Wednesday and tasked development  partners –  the World Bank, African Development Bank and European Union to release the loan, to enable the government  carryout the  new state water project.

On Friday, he attended  the Civil Society Forum where he enumerated the success of his administration.  Most especially, he  noted that apart from executing developmental projects, the administration has  pushed up internally generated revenue from 2.5 billion to about N6 billion monthly.

Governor Amaechi believed that a  robust  internally generated   revenue will help drive development and instill transparent governance.