Education
UNIPORT Congratulates Team Nigeria For Winning Huawei 2019/2020 Global ICT Competition
The authorities of University Port Harcourt have congratulated team Nigeria for winning the 2019/2020 edition of Huawei Global ICT competition.
Three students of University of Port Harcourt were among the team Nigerian students that represented the country and won the 2019/2020 edition of the Huawei Global ICT competition held in Huawei base, Songsham Lake, Dongguan, recently.
A statement by the institution’s public relations officer(PRO), Mr Sammy Kpenu said
The team Nigeria emerged as one of the overall winners of the 2019/2020 Huawei Global ICT Competition, beating other countries to win the *Grand Prize (First* *Position) Award* in Networking and Cloud Computing Technologies.
According to the statement the students are Ugheoke Anthony, Ukasanya Tejiri Eghagha Isaac.
The statement while congratulating the students, who represented the country said the students have made the institution proud as well as the nation at large.
“Congratulations to University of port harcourt, Congratulations to the Director, CITE, Dr B.O.Omijeh, Congratulations to all Uniport- Huawei Academy Students and Instructors.The statement said dignitaries who attended the occasion include MD Huawei Nigeria, NUC Deputy ES, Nigeria CEO of NIGCOMSAT on Behalf of the Minister of Communication, SA to the Nigeria President on Youth and Students Affairs on behalf of Mr President, VC of Ahmadu Bello University, Director of CITE on behalf of the VC of University of Port Harcourt, Deputy Students Affairs on behalf of the VC of University of Ibadan.
Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Programme (RIVCHPP), the state health insurance agency, is set to take the health insurance scheme to schools, especially tertiary institutions, in the state.
This disclosure was made by the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of RIVCHPP, Dr. Vetty Rolegherighan Agala, when she led a team from RIVCHPP on an advocacy visit to the office of the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Education on Friday, 16th January 2026.
Dr. Agala, who solicited authorisation from the Ministry for RIVCHPP to write to the institutions under Ministry’s mandate so as to begin enrolment of students in the various schools , said that for the health insurance agency to expand universal health coverage of the state, then students need to be enrolled into the programme.
RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary announced that the agency has also started talks with the State branch of Nigeria Association of Proprietors of Private Secondary Schools (NAPPSS) to ensure that no one in the state is left out from having the opportunity of accessing quality healthcare services without passing through financial hardship.
Dr. Agala also commended the innovative policies that the Permanent Secretary have brought to bear towards improving the educational exploits in the state, saying that the changes align to the interest and mandate of Governor Siminialayi Fubara stance on education.
RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary appreciated the Permanent Secretary for giving the team audience, pledging her team’s dedication and commitment to clients’ satisfaction, calling on schools to embrace the S-SHIP package dedicated for the well-being of students in Rivers State.
In her remarks and response, the Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Education, Dr.(Mrs. ) Azibaolanari Uzoma-Nwogu, who warmly welcomed the RIVCHPP team, promised to share with and disseminate all information about RIVCHPP to all public schools in the state so that the schools will be willing to give RIVCHPP opportunity to sensitise them on what RIVCHPP is all about and the benefits of signing up with RIVCHPP.
Dr. Uzoma-Nwogu advised RIVCHPP to be proactive and consistent in the mandate of providing affordable and quality health care to Rivers residents.
The visit witnessed a presentation of RIVCHPP’s sensitisation/campaign materials to the Permanent Secretary by RIVCHPP’s Executive Secretary
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