RSUBEB Boss Dedicates CSACEFA National Merit Award To RSG

The Executive Chairman of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board, Ven. Fyneface Akah, has received a National Merit Award presented by the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All CSACEFA.

Akah received the award when the group paid an advocacy / Award  State visit  to the board in Port Harcourt recently.

In a statement issued by Chairman, PDP Ward 14, Obio/Akpor LGA, Chizin  Ogbonna, and made available to The Tide, the State Secretary of CSACEFA, Amb Arinze Akupue, said the award was given to the chairman for his outstanding contributions to the educational sector in Nigeria.

Represented by Mr Bright Tamunoala, Arinze described the RSUBEB chairman as the best performing chairman of  UBE board  in Nigeria and the South-South region, saying that Rivers people were happy with his overwhelming performance since he came on board, and wished him well in all his endeavours.

Responding, Akah  thanked God for the award,  attributed every achievement the board has recorded to the unwavering support of the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, noting that the steady access of the counterpart funds by the governor was responsible for development of basic education in the state.

He, therefore, called for prayers for the governor as well as the board, maintaining  that the government has no doubt taken basic education in the state to an enviable height.

He promised that the board would continue to deliver on its mandate of developing basic education in both the rural and the urban areas.

Also, last Friday, the UBE boss received the Council of  Chiefs and Elders of Ogbogoro Town in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area and the Okan’ama, Unyengala, in Andoni Local Government Area, King Moses Dic-Isotu, and his subjects, who paid him a ‘thank you’ visit.

The Ogbogoro Council of Chiefs and Elders led by Mr Tennyson Amadi, told the chairman that they were in the board to thank him for his approval and completion of nine-classroom blocks and renovation of principal’s office in Ogbogoro Community, saying that this singular structure has given Ogbogoro a sense of belonging in the present administration of Chief Nyesom Wike.

On his part, the Okan’ama Unyengala, King Moses Dic-Isotu, said they would remain eternally grateful to the chairman for his gracious approval and consideration accorded their request for the establishment of Doni Comprehensive Secondary School, Unyengala in Andoni Local Government Area in 2018, adding that the school, from inception, has been having unprecedented influx of students into various classes of the Junior arm.

The king also thanked the chairman for desks sent to the school, and said they were overwhelmed by the encouraging gesture within the short period of the existence of the school.

As a token of appreciation, the king said they have donated 20 plots of the community land for development of permanent site of the school, and requested for teachers to be posted to the school and employment of security men.

In his response, Akah thanked the two communities for the visit, promising that the board would continue to do its best in ensuring that the mandate given to it by the governor was delivered.

While urging them to take ownership of government properties in their communities, Akah assured them of the board’s determination to meet some of their demands come next project year, enjoining them to remain supportive of the Wike-led government, which he described as people-oriented.

By: Susan Serekara-Nwikhana