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Principal Tasks Ex-Students On School Rehabilitation
The Principal of Birabi
Memorial Grammar School (BMGS), Bori, Mr. Mathew Deeyaa, has called on ex-students of the school to assist in the rehabilitation of the school.
The principal made the appeal at the maiden edition of the memorial anniversary of the founder of the school and foremost Ogoni nationalist, Late. Hon Timothy Naaku Paul Birabi.
The principal who decried the level of infrastructural decay in the school noted that the school had produced top ranking officials in government and the private sector, and stressed the need for the former students to give back to their alma mata.
He said reviving the school to its former status as a prestigious citadel of learning was a collective effort and not the responsibility of government alone.
The principal also commended the Birabi Memorial Project Group (BMPG) for honouring the late icon and called on Ogonis to immortalise late Paul Birabi by sustaining his ideals and legacies.
In his remark, the Coordinator of the Birabi Memorial Group, Comrade Lekia Christian said, the group had a fundamental objective to immortalise the late Ogoni patriot and educationist who within his brief but eventful stay contributed to the liberation of the Ogoni people.
He called on Ogonis at home and in the diaspora to contribute in the development of Ogoni by extolling the virtues which Birabi demonstrated in Ogoni.
Beemene Taneh