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Bayelsa community school gets maiden water scheme
Community Secondary School, Okutukutu in Yenagoa, now has a functional water scheme.
The scheme, inaugurated by the Commissioner for Education, Dr Gentle Emelah, was brought to fruition courtesy Bayelsa Educational Development Trust Fund (EDTF) and Rotary Club District 9141.
Rotary International District 9141 comprises Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Edo.
Emelah commended the EDTF for securing partnership with the Rotary Club to fund the 5,000-litre capacity water project.
In her remarks earlier, Dr Alice Atuwo, Executive Secretary at EDTF, applauded Rotary International for collaborating with the Fund in its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) support programme for schools in Bayelsa.
She said the support from District 9141 of the Rotary Club was commendable and should be emulated by other organisations, noting that governments across countries could not fund education alone.
Atuwo explained that provision of water in schools would ensure a hygienic environment to secure students from contracting water-borne diseases and reduce absenteeism.
Also addressing the inauguration, Mr Emeke Utebor, District Governor of Rotary International District, said the partnership with Bayelsa’s EDTF was an opportunity to render service to society.
Utebor said Rotary International was also providing grants to provide electronic learning support and electronic libraries for eligible schools.
He added that technology-aided learning was bridging the gap between rural and urban students.
He said the club was eager to extend the collaboration with EDTF in other spheres of education.
Dr Fineboy Ezekiel, Principal of the benefiting school, thanked EDTF and Rotary Club for the gesture and pledged the project’s maintenance and judicious use.
“We will not let you down. We are grateful and will want to be considered for the e-Library project. As you can see, our premises are fenced and secure,’’ he said.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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