RSG Decries Rot In Education Sector

The Rivers State Government has blamed the rot in the educational sector on the neglect by the previous administration in the State.
This is as the state government said it was giving a facelift to Okrika Grammar School.
Rivers State Governor, Siminilayi Fubara, said this at a thanksgiving service organised by the Okrika Local Government Area chapter of the Simplified Movement to mark his victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Fubara, who was represented by the member representing Andoni Opobo/ Nkoro Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Hon Awajinombek Abiante, said the neglect was a deliberate plot by the previous administration to perpetually imprison the minds of the people.
“Indeed, we have been imprisoned. We have been imprisoned for too long because a few days back if you recalled there was a report that was released indicating that 75 percent of our schools don’t have more than two teachers and 90 percent of our schools are dilapidated.
“I was touched because it did not happen in the last 10 months, neither did it happen in the last two years, it was an accumulated neglect,” he said.
Fubara said his administration is poised to reverse the trend by ensuring that Rivers people have access to quality education.
“We have come to break the chain that has held us bound. We have started to guarantee a facelift to the famous Okrika Grammar school”, he said, adding that the facelift will not be limited to only Okrika Grammar school as all schools in the state will benefit from the rehabilitation programme.
He also said the administration has upgraded two second class traditional stools in the local government area to first class.
Chairman of the occasion, Chief Adokiye Amiesimaka, urged politicians to always put the interest of their people above personal interest.
He warned against a situation where people elevate themselves to the status of God.
While stressing that people should not play God, Amiesimaka who is the Chairman, Governing Council of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, argued that gratitude should not be seen as being synonymous with servitude.
He said politicians should think first of their people and not their selfish interest, adding that the service was to re-echo the victories of the governor both at the poll and the Supreme Court.
Earlier at the thanksgiving service, the Bishop of Diocese of Okrika, Rt Rev. Enoch Atuboyedia, urged people to recognise the sovereignty of God as he is the creator of all mankind.
According to him, we exist because of God grace, not because of our belief, and that nobody should see himself as being more important than the others.
The cleric said current event in the State should be enough reason for people to celebrate God, adding that every thanksgiving service should be God centred.

By: John Bibor