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Rivers State Varsity Alumni Eulogises Bayelsa D-Gov’s Qualities
Bayelsa state Deputy Governor, Sen. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has received commendations on his virtues and desire to render selfless services to the people of his state and humanity in general by the Secretariat Administration Alumni Association of the River state university, RSU.
The encomiums were poured on the deputy Governor during the Week by ‘Class 98’ Old students of the University,formerly known as Rivers state University of Science and Technology,Nkpolu, Port Harcourt who are resident in state during a solidarity visit to the Deputy Governor in Government House, Yenagoa.
A press statement made available to The Tide during the Week by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Deputy Governor, Mr Doubara Atasi, described the visit as an informal class reunion where they interracted,testifying on the virtues and the intellectual prowess of the Deputy Governor.
Mrs Florence Kenibara who led the delegation congratulated senator Ewhrudjakpo on his emergence as Deputy Governor, describing it as a miraculous programming for the state.
The association thanked God for promoting one of them to such an enviable position, noting that Ewhrudjakpo’s growth through the ranks in the civil service to becoming a Commissioner, Senator and now Deputy Governor,saying it would only have been made possible by divinity.
” I’m happy today, that God has further elevated him from being a senator to a Deputy Governor. You have made us proud and it is our prayer that God will take you higher and higher”, she said.
” We knew ourselves in the Rivers state University of Science and Technology,RSUST. Now Rivers state Unuversity,Port Harcourt. We studied together. He was very intelligent so he used to teach us after our lecturers had left. So, he became our great tutorial lecturer.We were admitted in the same year and graduated together. We became very close because we are both from the same state and local government area, precisely from Sagbama,” she added.
In his remarks,a member of the ‘class 98’ Alabo Sam Amabebe, described the state deputy Governor as a compassionate and brilliant fellow consistently willing to assist in problems solving.
He expressed hope that Senator Ewhrudjakpo would provide all necessary support to Governor Diri to achieve the set objectives of the Administration.
“He was very brilliant in class and always likes finding solutions to problems. I believe he will do very well as a deputy Governor if Bayelsans give him the needed support,” he said.
Also speaking, Mrs Meremubio Ikio called on Bayelsans to shun politics if acrimony and pull him down syndrome.
“Our people should do away with this pull him down syndrome and habit of rumour mongering because it will take us nowhere. I know Mr Ewhrudjakpo that is deputy Governor today very well. We graduated together in 1998. In fact, we were to graduate in the 1995/96 session but we couldn’t do so because of a prolonged ASUU strike during the Abacha’s administration”, she said.
In his response, the Deputy Governor,expressed appreciation to members of the Class 98 Secretarial Administration students of the institution for sustaining the warm relationship several years after their graduation,commending them for the visit.
Ewhrudjakpo assured them of his determination to make his Alma Mater proud wherever he finds himself in life,just as he promised hosting an enlarged reunion of the group after the COVID-19 pandemic,enjoining the association to relay his message to other coursemates in the neighbouring states and beyond.
By Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa.