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LG Boss Offers N50,000 Reward For Students
Chairman, Obot Akara Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, Mr Tiebiet Joshua, has offered a N50,000 reward for any student in the area who could read 10 books in one month.
According to him, to earn the money, the student will explain details of the books as evidence of his understanding of their contents.
Joshua announced this in an interview with newsmen shortly after the opening of a seminar on “Bring-Back-the-Book-To-Akwa Ibom” held at Obot Akara Multi-purpose Hall, Nto Edino, near Ikot Ekpene, on Saturday.
He disclosed that the seminar was sponsored by the local government in collaboration with the U.S Embassy, with the aim of bringing back reading culture to the area.
Joshua lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for his bring-back-the-book initiative and urged students in the state to cultivate the reading culture.
It would be recalled recalls that Jonathan launched the Bring-Back-the-Book programme in 2010.
He pointed out that the secret of governance, amazing discoveries, development, progressive management principles and all the desires of states and nations, were hidden in books.
“It is only through reading that leaders of tomorrow nurture dreams and values that can change our society.
“Standard of education has fallen today, because students no longer devote time to read books and that is why we have massive failures in WAEC and NECO examinations.
“Parents and guardians are not helping the system, because they are encouraging their children with money for examination malpractice and you know this makes them not to read and prepare for exams.”
The council boss, who is the author of “Africa, The Origin of Life,” cautioned parents not to unduly insist that their children must pass examinations without ensuring that they worked hard for it.
According to him, parents should not be over excited with the number of distinctions and credit passes their children score, they should rather be interested in their being able to defend the certificates.
He noted that the restoration of reading culture would guide the youth towards broadening their knowledge, encourage intellectual endeavours and build a state at the “fore-front of an intellectual economy.”
Joshua lauded Gov. Godswill Akpabio, for his love for Akwa Ibom children as evidenced in the provision of free and compulsory education to all and sundry, irrespective of tribe and political affiliations.
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