Education
VC Lauds Staff, Students On Varsity’s Achievements …As Water Tank Collapses At Hostel
The Vice Chancellor of Rivers State University (RSU), Prof Blessing Chimezie Didia has commended the efforts and contributions made by the staff and students of the university towards the success and achievements recorded by his administration within the past three years.
Didia stated this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt last Thursday, to felicitate with staff and students of the institution on the celebrations of this years’ Christmas and New Year celebrations.
The Vice Chancellor acknowledged the commitment put in by the various stakeholders in the institution towards the advancement of the university in the out-going years and urged them to continue in such resilience and commitment in order to enable his administration achieve what he called “enhanced service delivery” in 2019.
He disclosed that the completion of many faculty buildings, support to research works and accreditations of more programmes by the Nigeria University Commission (NUC) were some of the landmark achievements recorded in 2018 by his management team.
On behalf of the institution, she used the opportunity to express their profound gratitude to the Governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike for his sustained support to the university for the past three years and assured that the university would continue to work to be among the top leading universities in Nigeria and indeed the world at large.
Meanwhile a 400,000 capacity water tank built at the newly commissioned NDDC female hostel at the Rivers State University has collapsed.
The incident, which occurred last Monday at about 1pm, recorded no casualty, although the impact of the tragic event was visibly felt in the university campus.
Speaking to The Tide on condition of anonymity, a non-academic staff of the university, who narrated the incident to The Tide correspondent at the scene blamed the collapse on inferior material used by the contractors to construct the water tank.
He told our correspondent that the tank collapsed when the university engineers were attempting to connect water to the second floor of the female hostel from the water tank adding that the pressure mounted on the water tank led to its collapse.
He disclosed that the female students who occupied the second floor of the building had complained to the university management of non access of running water to the second floor of the building which according to him, prompted the management, move to connect the second floor with water from the water tank before the tank collapsed on that fateful day.
He expressed gratitude to God that no life was lost to the incident but advised that certified engineers and professionals be contracted while constructing such job in future.
Efforts by our correspondent to reach the public relations department of the institution proved abortive.
Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Programme (RIVCHPP), the state health insurance agency, is set to take the health insurance scheme to schools, especially tertiary institutions, in the state.
This disclosure was made by the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of RIVCHPP, Dr. Vetty Rolegherighan Agala, when she led a team from RIVCHPP on an advocacy visit to the office of the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Education on Friday, 16th January 2026.
Dr. Agala, who solicited authorisation from the Ministry for RIVCHPP to write to the institutions under Ministry’s mandate so as to begin enrolment of students in the various schools , said that for the health insurance agency to expand universal health coverage of the state, then students need to be enrolled into the programme.
RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary announced that the agency has also started talks with the State branch of Nigeria Association of Proprietors of Private Secondary Schools (NAPPSS) to ensure that no one in the state is left out from having the opportunity of accessing quality healthcare services without passing through financial hardship.
Dr. Agala also commended the innovative policies that the Permanent Secretary have brought to bear towards improving the educational exploits in the state, saying that the changes align to the interest and mandate of Governor Siminialayi Fubara stance on education.
RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary appreciated the Permanent Secretary for giving the team audience, pledging her team’s dedication and commitment to clients’ satisfaction, calling on schools to embrace the S-SHIP package dedicated for the well-being of students in Rivers State.
In her remarks and response, the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Education, Dr.(Mrs. ) Azibaolanari Uzoma-Nwogu, who warmly welcomed the RIVCHPP team, promised to share with and disseminate all information about RIVCHPP to all public schools in the state so that the schools will be willing to give RIVCHPP opportunity to sensitise them on what RIVCHPP is all about and the benefits of signing up with RIVCHPP.
Dr. Uzoma-Nwogu advised RIVCHPP to be proactive and consistent in the mandate of providing affordable and quality health care to Rivers residents.
The visit witnessed a presentation of RIVCHPP’s sensitisation/campaign materials to the Permanent Secretary by RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary
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