GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has said that
government should not compromise on quality education for the youths.
Speaking yesterday in separate town hall meetings held with
the people of Uvwie and Ughelli South Local Government Areas at the PTI
Conference Centre, Effurun and Unity Hall, Otu-Jeremi, respectively, Governor
Okowa said that quality education, laced with proper skills, will prepare the
youths to be self sufficient in the future.
The governor said that his administration has not
compromised quality education, but has, instyead, started reviving of technical
education to ensure that the youths are equipped for future challenges.
He disclosed that, despite the fact that the state boasts of
more than 1, 000 primary schools and about 500 secondary schools built by
government, most of the communities in the state are still yearning for more.
While assuring the people of Uvwie that the Urhobo College
will be renovated, Governor Okowa added that from 2018, more schools would be
built in the state.
“In every local government, there are roads being
constructed because, we know the roads are important to the development of our
people; we have taken on roads in the first two years, in the coming year, we
will take on schools because, Deltans love education,” he said, adding, “we
have fixed three technical colleges that are very functional and we have
started to renovate the other three in the state because we know the importance
of skill acquisition for the youths.”
He reiterated, “I want to urge parents to take their
children to the technical schools because, apart from the skills they will
acquire, the schools still offer the same subjects done by other schools; we
should equip our children to face the challenges of the future.”
Governor Okowa disclosed that the town hall meetings which
will make him transverse the 25 local government areas of the state, inspect
ongoing projects and commission completed ones, will also provide opportunity
to meet with the people, asserting, “in these town hall meetings, we should
push away politics; it is a serious business. This is an opportunity for the
people to know what we are doing, how we are managing their funds and an
opportunity for our people to participate actively in government by telling us
the truth, if we are doing well, the areas we need to improve on and what they
need for us to build such into our programmes.”
The governor, who attended the town hall meetings
accompanied by his deputy, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, and other top political
office holders, stressed that, apart from infrastructural development in all
the local government areas of the state, his administration has empowered a lot
of Deltans through skill acquisition programmes. He noted that beneficiaries of
the skill acquisition programmes were trained, equipped and are being monitored
and mentored to ensure that they become successful entrepreneurs.
Governor Okowa thanked Deltans for their peaceful
disposition, adding that it should be sustained for the desired development to
be achieved.
The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.
Sheriff Oborevwori, former Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Amos Utuama
(SAN) were among dignitaries that attended the town hall meetings.
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