Rivers Order Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has referred to as for general pleasure within the shape, urging contributors of the Rivers Order Space of Meeting to conform absolutely with the Best Courtroom judgment in the most efficient pastime of the shape.
Fubara said this on Thursday throughout the establishing of the newly renovated Okrika Grammar College in Okrika Native Executive Section. He stressed out that lasting pleasure was once a very powerful for excellent governance, building, and steadiness within the shape.
“It is important at this stage that we all embrace peace. The Supreme Court has given its judgment, and we have no option but to abide by it,” the governor mentioned.
“Now we have began the method, and we’re interesting to alternative events to believe the pastime of Rivers Order. The one factor we owe this shape is pleasure and building.
“I am open any day, any time for total peace in our state because for me to govern well, there must be peace.”
Talking at the establishing of Okrika Grammar College, Fubara recalled how the making plans committee for the twentieth yearly of the Diocese of Okrika Anglican Communion asked the federal government’s intervention in rehabilitating the establishment, which were in a deplorable shape for years.
He said, “I felt the least lets do as a central authority was once to uplift the usual of this college. It aligns with our time table, which prioritises healthcare, training, and agriculture for meals sufficiency.
“Despite the challenges confronting our administration, which we didn’t bring upon ourselves, we remain committed to improving education in Rivers State.”
Fubara confident the Anglican Church that the excess sides of the college’s rehabilitation, as authorized through the federal government, can be finished.
He maintained that training was once the base of societal building, including that well-managed tutorial amenities would assistance curb crime a few of the formative years.
“I believe that when all the facilities in this school are put to full use, crime rates will drop, not just in Okrika, but in neighbouring communities that will benefit from this institution,” he mentioned.
The governor additionally recommended the Worn Boys of Okrika Grammar College to take in key tasks, together with the status quo of a centre for computer-based examinations.
Rivers Order Commissioner for Schooling, Dr. Ovy Chukwuma, highlighted the intensive remodelling and reconstruction of the college, describing it as a testomony to Fubara’s loyalty to detail training.
He mentioned, “The project was awarded in April 2024 and fully funded by the Rivers State Government. It includes an administrative block, 24 classroom blocks, a laboratory, an ICT library, an assembly hall, a 100-bed male hostel, a 100-bed female hostel, a kitchen and dining hall, a matron’s quarters, a sickbay, principal’s quarters, senior and junior staff quarters, perimeter fencing, a gate, a generator house, and solar-powered streetlights.”
Chukwuma added that the college now boasts trendy sports activities amenities, a newly paved highway community spanning 1.8 kilometres, and a drainage gadget.
The lecture rooms and hostels were furnished with same old furnishings, digital devices, air-con gadgets, ingenious televisions, and laptop techniques.
In her remarks, the Head of Native Executive Management for Okrika, Mrs. Obianime Appollos, lauded the governor for his intervention in restoring the college’s situation next years of overlook.
Representing the Worn Boys Affiliation, Mr. Yellowish Iruayenama famous that hour governments had did not fulfil their guarantees to renovate the establishment, including that Governor Fubara’s intervention had modified the narrative.
In a similar fashion, the Bishop of the Diocese of Okrika Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Enoch Atuboyedia hailed the challenge as a vital milestone within the historical past of the college.
“It will be remembered that when Okrika Grammar School turned 85, Governor Fubara remodelled and resuscitated it to help shape the future of Rivers children,” the bishop mentioned.
Fubara additionally confident the Anglican Church that professionals can be deployed to evaluate and deal with the shore coverage issues raised through the bishop to restrain the college’s land from erosion.