Education
RSSDA Begins Construction Of Hostels For WTTC Students
The Rivers State Sustainable
Development Agency (RSSDA) has performed a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of hostel accommodations for students of the Workmanship Technical Training Centre (WTTC), Bori.
The Executive Director of the Agency, Mr Noble Pepple, said that the initiative was to provide students of the centre with a conducive environment for learning.
Mr Pepple also said that Workmanship Technical Training Centre (WTTC) was initiative by the present administration in the state to fill the gap created by the absence of skill technicians in the state.
The Executive Director who was represented by the General Manager Human Capital Development RSSDA, Mr Godwin Poi, said that the project would attract more students to the centre as many have turned down their offers for admission into the centre in the past due to lack of hostel accommodation.
He commended the Khana local government council for supporting the agency through the provision of land for the project and restated the commitment of the agency towards the completion of the project on schedule.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Khana Local Government Area, Mr. Gregory Nwidam thanked the agency for its choice of Bori to site the centre, stressing that the council was ready to partner with it to ensure the success of the programme.
The council chairman, who was represented by his deputy, Hon. Barile Innocent Nwilo, urged for the immediate commencement of work on the project to check further encroachment.
He also urged the students to be of good behavior as the police will not hesitate to arrest any of them found to be of doubtful character.
Earlier, the Centre Manager WTTC, Mr. Armstrong Amorro, restated the commitment of the WTTC management to give world-class skills training programme to the society.
Speaking on behalf of the students, Mr Pepple Macfred (JR), thanked the agency for the project and pledged the support of students.
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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