Gov. Wike Flags off Reconstruction of 175 Schools In Rivers

Hamilton Nwosa
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has flagged off the reconstruction and furnishing of 175 Basic Schools across the 23 Local Government Areas of the state.

The 175 basic schools are in deplorable condition, making teaching and learning difficult.

Performing the flag off of the reconstruction of the schools on Thursday at the State School, Rebisi in Port Harcourt, Governor Wike said nobody would believe that the immediate past administration left schools to decay to this level.

He said that when his administration took over, the former administration did not access UBEC, pointing out that the State Government accessed the funds for the re-positioning of basic schools in the state.

According to him, after paying the counterpart fund, the state now has N5.6billion to address the infrastructural challenges of selected basic schools.

“The entire world should see that a school like this exists in Port Harcourt. Imagine the condition of schools in the rural areas. Just imagine that the past administration claimed that they revolutionised education. All they did was to construct a few schools by the roadside.

The governor directed that the reconstruction should be holistic to improve teaching and learning in all the schools.

The reconstructed basic schools will have the following facilities: new furniture, sports equipment/facilities, Information/communication equipment, standby generator, boreholes, toilets , head-teacher office and table-top fridges.

Governor Wike noted that his administration has awarded contracts for the equipping of laboratories of selected secondary schools and re-stocking of libraries.

He said: “While the immediate past administration used over N4billion to build one school, we are using slightly above N1billion to build one school. This is a prudent administration “.

 

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