As part of efforts to curb rising crimes and criminalities in the society, the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry (OPM), Apostle Chinyere Gift Chibuzor, has flagged off the 13th free education school with a charge on pupils admitted to benefit from the scheme to take full advantage of the opportunity to chart a meaningful path towards contributing the sustainable development of the country.
While commissioning the facility, completed at a cost of N100million, and located at Agip by Ada-George Road, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, last Wednesday, Chinyere also challenged other religious bodies and Nigerian leaders to set the right priorities on education to help give quality direction to young generation of Nigerians.
He emphasised that low amount set aside for education in government annual budgets across the board was responsible for many years of youth restiveness, massive unemployment, and all manner of criminal activities in the country.
Chinyere, therefore, urged leaders in all sectors, especially politicians to gradually reduce the huge allocation to security votes, adding that when the young ones are given sound education, peace would prevail and security infractions would drop significantly and development would spiral.
He challenged Nigerian leaders to unequivocally give desired attention to upgrading investments in education infrastructure and human capital development, adding that once the population of educated youths rise to a reasonable level, issues such as insecurity and youth restiveness would become history.
Chinyere called on religious leaders to increase their focus on soul winning and spreading the gospel, stressing that the more souls are saved, the more the society becomes a better place for all to live in.
He used the opportunity to direct the OPM Welfare Director, Mrs Maureen Chukwu, to make available a donation of N.5million to a Gabonese woman, who has been squatting in a make-shift apartment with her four children, saying that the money should enable her start a business, just as the church also gave her accommodation at the OPM Free Estate.
The Tide reports that the OPM Free Schools are populated with some of the best graduate teachers while students are provided with free uniforms, sandals, text books notebooks, and writing materials such as pencils and pens.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana