Banigo Hails NYSC Member For Establishing Library In PH

Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Harry Banigo, has hailed a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in the state, Olamidayo Elizabeth Oladapo, for renovating and equipping a library hall at Community Secondary School (CSS),Nkpolu-Oroworukwo in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area.
The deputy governor, who described the corps member as a shining star, urged other serving corps members to emulate Miss Oladayo’s laudable gesture in the state.
Banigo stated this in Port Harcourt during the commissioning of a library hall renovated and equipped with textbooks, chairs and tables by a serving corps member, Miss Olamidayo Elizabeth Oladayo at Community Secondary School, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo.
Represented by the Head of Department, Education and Counselling, Ministry of Youths and Development, Pastor Samuel Miebaka, Banigo said the state government under the watch of Governor Nyesom Wike, was determined to provide enabling environment for youths in the state to excel.
The governor, Banigo said, had put all mechanism in place to ensure security of lives and property, especially to all serving corps members in the 23 local government areas of the state.
She also assured all serving corps members of the prompt payment of their monthly stipends as at when due.
Speaking at the commissioning, the State Coordinator, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), George Mfongang, called on the management of the school to make judicious use of the library to improve quality of learning.
Represented by Ikpugi Isaac, Mfongang appealed to the teachers and students of the school not to allow the dreams of Miss Oladayo to die by not preserving the culture of reading in the school.
Commending Miss Oladayo on the project, Principal, CSS, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Mrs Beatrice Epelle, said the corps member has laid a footprint in the school and in the state by establishing a library for students.
She said the school did not have a functional library before the corps member embarked on the renovation and equipping the new library for the school.
The principal urged other corps members in the state to emulate the good gesture of Miss Oladayo by impacting positively on the lives of their host communities in particular and the state in general during their service years.
“It is not only by serving the state and communities you are posted, but by impacting positively on the lives of the people.
“The library”, she said “would boost the educational image of this school and encourage reading culture and learning”.
Speaking to The Tide shortly after the commissioning, Miss Olamidayo Elizabeth Oladayo, said she was motivated to embark on the project due to the plight of the students in the school.
“I met a school without a library, so, I was moved toestablish this project here.Here is not my Primary Assignment (PA) in the state.
“The Lord led a vision in my heart to embark on the project to assist the students”.
She said it was strange to see such a school without a functional library and the students were sitting on bare floor to read and write.
Oladayo, who serves at the Military Hospital, Port Harcourt as a health attendant, graduated from University of Ilorin, and studied Anatomy.
On the library project at CSS,Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Oladayo said she renovated and equipped the library hall with modern textbooks; installed celling fans; painted the hall; and constructed tables and chairs at the tune of over N400,000.00 only.
Accompanied by her parents, Mr & Mrs Oladayo, the 24-year old graduate said she hailed from Ogun State.
MissOladayo called on the students of CSS, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo to make judicious use of the library to enhance the learning and reading culture in their lives.
“This library will enable you to cultivate good reading culture in your lives; improve your knowledge as good students”.

By: Chinedu Wosu