Rivers
RSG procure sporting equipments for UBE schools in 23 LGAs

The Rivers State Government has procured sporting equipments to some selected schools Under the state basic education across the 23 local government areas of the State.
The aim of this gesture, is to enable the children in the State universal Basic Education to exercise the other side of human component that is also involve in the development of child through education.
The executive chairman of the State universal Basic Education Board( RSUBEB), Dr Fyneface Ndubuishi Akah while commissioning the procured sports equipment during a brief ceremony held at the corporate headquarters of the Board in port Harcourt on Tuesday, said the essence of the event was to show to the world that the State Governor sir Siminalaye Fubara is also providing sports and sporting equipments across the schools in the State.
Akah averred that the State government in collaboration with the federal ministry of education paid it’s counterparts funding which enabled the federal government through the universal Basic Education commission to released its own apportionment to the State for the procurement.
According to him, sporting activities has its own season across the schools and commended the State Chief executive for providing the equipments to the pupils and students across the basic education schools in the State.
“The essence of the event is to show the world that the State governor is also making sports and sporting equipments available in our schools.l charged parents and guardians of these children to visit these schools and see how their children are making use of these equipments provided our children across the schools these periods are seen running around having their inter house sporting activities”
“Apart from the inter house sporting ,our children are also involved in an international competition where they have brought trophies to the State” he stated.
The RSUBEB boss used the opportunity to call on the management of the schools and the various benefiting communities to own the equipments as their own ,adding that the quality assurance unit of the physical planning of the Board has taken inventory of the equipments and From time to time will come to check on them .
” we already have a template on how to supervise the usage . staffs in the quality assurance to be on watch and from time to time will visit every school to see the State of the equipments and any one found missing such school will be held accountable. ” he stated.
Our correspondent who covered the event reports that items procured include sets of table tennis, volleyballs ,Badminton nets and accessories,pieces of foot balls and sturckens .
Others are sets of Jersey shirts,, basketball accessories, high jump accessories, and four mini buses among others.
Akujobi Amadi
Niger Delta
Tai Agric Sector Gets Emergency Attention …As Chairman Distributes Farm Inputs, Inaugurates Technical Team

The Chairman of Tai Local Government Council of Rivers State, Hon. Matthew Nenu Bari Dike has declared a state of emergency in the agriculture sector of Tai local government.
Speaking while distributing farm implements and other agricultural support packages to the farmers at the council’s headquarters in Saakpenwa, yesterday, Dike challenged farmers to show their farms before requesting for financial assistance.
The council boss stated that as a government, they were committed to putting smiles on the faces of the people and assured that his administration would ensure that every person in the local government is happy.
“As a government we want to assure you that, we will stop at nothing to ensure you all are empowered and living happily”.
According to him, “the gesture is aimed at enhancing food production and security through agriculture, and enjoined all lovers of agriculture in the local government area to identify with the quest to redefine development through agriculture in the local government.
He encouraged everyone to cultivate the passion and return to agriculture, to guarantee self-reliance, maximum food production and security in the area.
His administration, he said, would purchase more yam seedlings in order to get greater production to encourage exportation beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“A boost in yam production will also empower farmers in the Local Government Area”, the elated chairman said.
In a related development, the Chairman has inaugurated a five, member Agricultural Technical Committee for the Local Government Area.
The committee is made up of Pst. Anderson Wariboko, Barr. Paul Newman,, Smith Nyor-Ue, Gladys Jumbo and Dr Keke Rammyson
Also speaking, the Director of Agriculture, Tai Local Government Area, Mr Anderson Wariboko revealed that the event was part of activities to mark the chairman’s 100 days in office.
Wariboko who led the chairman, and other leaders of the council on the distribution of the farm inputs to the farmers, was full of praises for the chairman, Hon. Dike whom he said has the interest of the people at heart.
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