Education
Red Cross Honours VC With Life Membership
The Red Cross Society, Ikwerre Division has made Vice Chancellor of the Rivers State University (RSU), Prof Blessing Didia, a life member of the body.
Speaking during the investiture of the VC recently, Chairman of the Nigeria Red Cross Society, Ikwerre Division, Nathaniel Moses, said the Vice Chancellor was given a life membership status in recognition of his contributions to the body.
“You are made life member in appreciation of your giant contributions and sacrifice towards the growth of Red Cross in the Division and the state at large”, he said.
Mr Moses lauded what he called the VC’s “passion for humanitarian services and for investing in the Red Cross where he served as state chairman of the body”.
While thanking the Red Cross for the honour done him, in his acceptance speech, the VC noted that it would spur him to “do more for the body and mankind”.
He used the opportunity to urge both members and intending members to be “focused and imbibe the spirit of humanitarianism as volunteers”.
In their separate speeches, Registrar of the University, Mrs Daba Odimabo and Provost, College of Medical Sciences, Prof Raphael Oruambo, thanked the Red Cross for the honour bestowed on the VC.
Highlight of the occasion was an inspection of guard of honour mounted by members of Ikwerre Division of the Nigeria Red Cross Society done by the VC.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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