Six Rivers Schools Particpate In WASH Quiz Competition

Six primary schools two local government areas of Rivers State have taken part in the ongoing National School Quiz competition on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH).
The six schools are St. Paul’s School Opobo, Opobo Primary School, Model Primary School Opobo all in Opobo/Nkoro local government area.
The other three participating schools which are from Akuku Toru Local Government Area, are Inyemoni State School Abonma, St. Joseph State School Abonnema and Holy Trinity State School Soku.
General Manager of the Rivers State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), Mr Napoleon Adah who declared the event open in Port Harcourt, said the programme helps to create awareness in the importance of hygiene in the rural communities.
Adah said the winning schools would represent Rivers State in a national competition which comes up later this year in Abuja.
Also speaking, Mr. Dada Jide Joseph urged the participants to put in their best to enable them travel to Abuja for national competition.
Joseph said the event was part of the 2019 Global Hand Washing day celebration.
The event was sponsored by the Rivers State Ministry of Water Resources and RUWASSA in collaboration with United Nations Children Funds/European union.

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