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Diri orders urgent action on dilapidated school facilities in Bayelsa
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has directed his Commissioner for Education, Dr Gentle Emelah, to take immediate steps to address dilapidated school infrastructure across the state.
Diri, who paid an unscheduled visit to some public schools on Tuesday, expressed displeasure at the state of the facilities at the Saint Jude’s Girls Secondary School, Amarata-Yenagoa, and the Ijaw National Academy, Kaiama in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.
He said the government’s budgetary provisions and expenditure in the education sector do not match the reality on the ground.
Diri stated this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah.
Recall that there have been outcries in some rural communities, particularly in Ekeremor Local Government Area about poor school infrastructure and the absence of teachers.
Speaking at the Ijaw National Academy, the governor noted the absence of sporting facilities as well as the uncompleted dining hall and directed the commissioner to ensure that the contractor returned to the site.
He restated the commitment of his administration to the development of the education sector, given its importance to nation-building.
Diri said he will undertake more unscheduled visits to schools and other government departments to see things for himself and called on relevant officials to take more seriously the maintenance of public facilities.
He said with the progress made by the state in external examinations such as the West African School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council, it was necessary to put the right facilities in place to enable the students to perform better.
He said, “I have been to Saint Jude’s and I am here at the Ijaw National Academy. I am not satisfied with what I have seen.
“If schools that are in the urban, motorable areas are in this state, what would those in the rural, riverine communities be like?
“In this second tenure, I will pay unscheduled visits to our schools, hospitals and other important government agencies.
“Students are very important. I am not happy with the state of dilapidation I saw at St Jude’s. We must strengthen supervision.
“I have directed the Commissioner for Education to ensure that your school is rehabilitated. I have also directed that between now and Friday, the completed basketball court be handed over to the school authorities in Saint Jude’s. This is a school that has been doing well and has made our state proud many times in basketball.”
Highpoint of the visit was the governor, who was a teacher himself, returning to the classroom at the Ijaw National Academy to teach senior secondary students preparing for Government as a subject in the upcoming WASCE.
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Melvin Ayogu to the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria and has sought Senate confirmation for the appointment.
The Special Adviser to Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this in a statement on Wednesday.
Tinubu also sought Senate confirmation for Nwakuche Ndidi as controller-general of the Nigerian Correctional Service.
He said the requests, conveyed in letters to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, were read during Tuesday’s plenary.
Tinubu had previously nominated Robert Agbide, Ado Wanga, Murtala Sagaley, Urom Eke, and Olayinka Aliyu to the CBN board in February 2024.
However, on February 29, 2024, the senate confirmed four people as members of the board of the CBN after Eke rejected the offer, citing “conflict of interest”.
Tinubu replaced Eke with Ruby Onwudiwe on March 13, 2024; however, a day after, reports circulated that the president withdrew her nomination over political affiliation with the Labour Party, an opposition of the All Progressives Congress.
The decision reportedly followed pressure mounted on the president by members of the APC, as Onwudiwe publicly supported Peter Obi, who contested on the LP platform against Tinubu, at the 2023 presidential elections.
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have arrived the State House, Abuja, to meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The legislators who arrived in two coaster buses had been allowed into the President’s office area to wait for the meeting.
Both the reinstated Speaker of the Assembly, Hon Mudashiru Obasa, and the ousted one, Hon Mojisola Miranda, were also sighted in the team.
While Meranda arrived with her colleagues at some minutes past 2pm, Obasa arrived separately at about 2:50pm.
The meeting may not be unconnected with the recent leadership crisis in the State House of Assembly.
It would be recalled that Hon. Obasa was impeached as Speaker by a majority of his colleagues, but he was latter reinstated after the intervention of the political leaders especially the Governor’s Advisory Council, (GAC)
Despite the Speaker’s reinstatement, it was gathered that the bad blood as a result of his impeachment is yet to be over.
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has discribed as “useless” the letter sent by Governor Siminalayi Fubara to the Rivers State House of Assembly, requesting a meeting regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on the state’s political matters.
During a conversation with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, voiced his disapproval, emphasizing that Speaker Martins Amaewhule and other members of the Rivers Assembly are independent individuals who deserve respect.
Wike argued that instead of issuing a public letter to invite the lawmakers, Fubara should have contacted Amaewhule and his team directly by phone to schedule a private meeting at a convenient time.
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