Governor Chibuike Amaechi Insists debt profile stands at N81bn Ernest Chinwo The stage seems set for another round of confrontation between Rivers State and the Federal Government following plans by the federal ministry of education to rehabilitate some state-owned secondary schools in the state. The 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. He had, while laying the foundation stone for the construction of a Federal Junior Model Secondary School at Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state, stated that the federal government would in the coming months intervene to uplift the physical structures of some schools in the state. He named the schools to be rehabilitated to 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. The announcement seemed to have ended the rapprochement between both governments achieved in their collaboration in the fight against the spread of the ebola virus disease in the state. The State government reacted angrily to the moves by the federal government to renovate and build some blocks in the state-owned secondary schools, stating it would resist any attempt by the federal Government to corrupt the standard already set by the state. Details to follow
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:58:37 +0000
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