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The Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has turned down Federal Government help for the rehabilitation of some state owned schools in the state.
THIS DAY reported that Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, had last Friday announced plans by the federal government to rehabilitate select schools in Rivers State, his home state. The schools to be rehabilitated include Community Secondary School, Ubima (Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s hometown) and St. Aquinas Secondary School, Elele both in Ikwerreland and Birabi Memorial Secondary School, Bori in Ogoniland.
However, in response to the proposed rehabilitation, Rivers state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said the federal government should concern itself with the rehabilitation of federal government colleges in the state which were in advanced stages of dilapidation.
"We want to tell the Minister of State for Education, Wike, that we don’t want any third-rated buildings or blocks of classrooms in our school premises in Rivers State. The Rivers State government is not interested in any white-wash buildings or performance in our schools.
"The minister has not done anything about Federal Government Girls College in Aboloma that does not have a dinning hall; he has not done anything about the Federal Government College, Port Harcourt; and he has not done anything about the University of Port Harcourt.
"Let him go and build the nomadic schools that they have not been able to complete; let him go and attend to the nomadic schools that are falling apart. They have not been able to build schools for itinerant teachers. Wike should stop playing to the gallery; he should stop playing with the lives of Nigerian children and be focused in keeping our children in schools.
"Wike should be ashamed that Nigeria still has the highest record of out-of-school children; rather than do his job, he thinks this is the time to get a gubernatorial ticket based on lies. Of course, we as a government want to warn Wike and his acolytes to stay away from the property of the government of Rivers State.
"We will not accept and we will not allow any strangers to deface or destroy our property because they are not going to complete the projects that they have started. We appealed to them to assist us in constructing the Bonny-Bodo Road, they refused to start it. But as soon as we worked out an arrangement with the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) to construct the road, the federal government told NLNG to stop and claimed that they will start it and awarded the contract. Until now, the people of Bonny cannot ply that road.”
"Rather, our people in Bonny are continually exposed to danger because we have a government that is uncaring; a government that does not listen even though the government is headed by a son from this part of the country. We have been careful in recent times not to join issues with the federal government because we have been focused on our paid jobs. We like to request the federal government to focus on its paid job. We have over 200 girls missing and Wike as a father should be concerned. But he has been unable to do his job as a minister to make sure the girls return to us”.
"We as a government want to reiterate our commitment to our young people. We want to reassure our youths that we will not play with education. We operate over 350 model primary schools. We are building model schools with 20 classroom blocks; if the federal government wants to build model schools they should come and we will give them a model of what we do in Rivers State",Semenitari added.
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THIS DAY reported that Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, had last Friday announced plans by the federal government to rehabilitate select schools in Rivers State, his home state. The schools to be rehabilitated include Community Secondary School, Ubima (Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s hometown) and St. Aquinas Secondary School, Elele both in Ikwerreland and Birabi Memorial Secondary School, Bori in Ogoniland.
However, in response to the proposed rehabilitation, Rivers state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said the federal government should concern itself with the rehabilitation of federal government colleges in the state which were in advanced stages of dilapidation.
"We want to tell the Minister of State for Education, Wike, that we don’t want any third-rated buildings or blocks of classrooms in our school premises in Rivers State. The Rivers State government is not interested in any white-wash buildings or performance in our schools.
"The minister has not done anything about Federal Government Girls College in Aboloma that does not have a dinning hall; he has not done anything about the Federal Government College, Port Harcourt; and he has not done anything about the University of Port Harcourt.
"Let him go and build the nomadic schools that they have not been able to complete; let him go and attend to the nomadic schools that are falling apart. They have not been able to build schools for itinerant teachers. Wike should stop playing to the gallery; he should stop playing with the lives of Nigerian children and be focused in keeping our children in schools.
"Wike should be ashamed that Nigeria still has the highest record of out-of-school children; rather than do his job, he thinks this is the time to get a gubernatorial ticket based on lies. Of course, we as a government want to warn Wike and his acolytes to stay away from the property of the government of Rivers State.
"We will not accept and we will not allow any strangers to deface or destroy our property because they are not going to complete the projects that they have started. We appealed to them to assist us in constructing the Bonny-Bodo Road, they refused to start it. But as soon as we worked out an arrangement with the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) to construct the road, the federal government told NLNG to stop and claimed that they will start it and awarded the contract. Until now, the people of Bonny cannot ply that road.”
"Rather, our people in Bonny are continually exposed to danger because we have a government that is uncaring; a government that does not listen even though the government is headed by a son from this part of the country. We have been careful in recent times not to join issues with the federal government because we have been focused on our paid jobs. We like to request the federal government to focus on its paid job. We have over 200 girls missing and Wike as a father should be concerned. But he has been unable to do his job as a minister to make sure the girls return to us”.
"We as a government want to reiterate our commitment to our young people. We want to reassure our youths that we will not play with education. We operate over 350 model primary schools. We are building model schools with 20 classroom blocks; if the federal government wants to build model schools they should come and we will give them a model of what we do in Rivers State",Semenitari added.
#Wike #Amaechi #Semenitari #NLNG #Rivers #ThisDay
