RSG Assures On More Youth Employment …Moves To Implement School Curriculum

The Rivers State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Gogo Levi Charles has reiterated the State Government’s commitment to employ youths so as to get them off the streets.

Hon. Charles made this known when a Target Expert of World Bank, Mr John Paul Ngebeh paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Port Harcourt, in respect of the commencement of the State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) Project.

The commissioner emphasised that the state government led by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi would support any project that will create employment opportunities for the youth so as to keep them away from crime.

He assured the Target Expert that the state would be willing to expedite action on whatever was left for the successful take off of the Project in the state.

In his speech, Mr. Ngebeh said he was in the state to conduct a two-day training programme for the State Project Coordinating Unit (SPCU) of SEEFOR, which is a pre-requisite for the commencement of the training.

He informed the Commissioner that the additional financing for the project from the European Union will be available in July or August this year.

Mr. Ngebeh appealed to the commissioner to facilitate the signing of the subsidiary agreement which is one of the conditions for the project implementation in the state.

It would be recalled that Mr. Ngebeh visited the state early last month to assess the level of preparedness of the SPCU to achieve the objective of the project, and promised to organise a training programme for them.

Meanwhile, Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Ms Alice Lawrence-Nemi, yesterday, said government would soon implement a new Senior Secondary School curriculum in the state.

Lawrence-Nemi told newsmen in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, that the new curriculum would better equip students with requisite knowledge for higher academic pursuits.

She said the curriculum would also focus on teaching students moral values as a way of checking the growing social decadence amongst some students.

According to her, the state government is now ready to implement the curriculum in all its Senior Secondary Schools across the state.

Lawrence-Nemi promised that teachers working in the state would be trained on the new curriculum.