Education
VC Tasks Youths On Creativity
The Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, has charged youths in the state to be creative and think outside their immediate environment in order to be useful to the society
He made this appeal during a youth summit organised by the New Generation of Rivers Youths, tagged. “Rivers First Proponents” held at the main campus of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education over the weekend.
Ndimele who was the chief host at the event charged youths to think outside the box and fathom ways to engage themselves in other meaningful activities rather than depending solely on politics.
Prof. Ndimele thanked the organizers for choosing the school for the programme, saying that the gathering which was made up of government officials, youths and opinion leaders will give them the opportunity to improve on their abilities.
The VC used the opportunity to invite the youths to develop themselves the more by enrolling in the Postgraduate School of IAUE and enumerated some achievements his team of technocrats have made over the past years and promised to do more.
The Youth Summit also had in attendance: the Deputy Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ehie Edison, SSA to the Governor on New Media, Hon. Marshal Obuzor, the spokesperson of PDP, Rivers State, Amb. Darlington Orji, Prof. Okey Onuchukwu and other youth leaders.
By: Ngozi Dennar
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
