RSG committed to improve quality of education

Rivers State Government has restated its commitment towards improving the quality of education in the State

Governor Nyesom Wike said this during the Special memorial lecture organized by the Management of Jesuit Memorial College, Mbodo, Aluu, Port Harcourt.

The Governor who was represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on Security Matters, Elder Emmanuel Ibama explained that itis for this reason that Government decided to embark on the upgrading of eleven old secondary schools in three senatorial districts in the State as well as building of new educational infrastructures.

Governor Wike said his administration would continue to support efforts aimed at bringing the best out of children and commended the Management of Jesuit Memorial College for complimenting Government effort in the development of the State’s educational System.

He urged parents and guardians to take special interest in the activities of their children and wards and instill in them good moral values as potential future leaders.

The Governor also lauded the Management of the College for their thoughtfulness in building the Jesuit Memorial School, Mbodo, Aluu in memory of 60 Loyola Jesuit College who lost their lives in the ill-fated Sosoliso plane crash on 10th December 2005, adding that everything humanly possible should be done to immortalize them.

Earlier, the President of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu in his lecture entitled " Youth and Entrepreneurship" stressed the need for students to be hardworking, focused and desire to make positive contribution towards the development of the society.