Okorocha said no parent or guardian should give excuses of not having funds to send their wards to school because his administration has taken care of their funds from primary to the tertiary level.
The Imo state Governor
Rochas Okorocha has warned that his administration will not condone and will
prosecute any parent or guardian who engages their children (within the
school-age in street hawking especially during school is on.
The Governor said this on
Thursday, during a ceremony marking the 7th year anniversary of his
administration’s free education policy.
The event which held at the
Heroes Square in Owerri the Imo state capital, had in attendance thousands of
students from the primary to tertiary level, top government functionaries and
indigenes of the state.
One after another, beneficiaries
of the free education at all levels took to the podium to express their
gratitude to the Governor for the privilege of getting an education.
Speaking further, the
governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to establishing more
schools, noting that asides the existing ones, three more universities, two
polytechnics and one College of Education have been established.
“My greatest gift to Imo
people is free education, especially on this lovers’ day. Today, we have built
three more Universities, more Polytechnics and Colleges of education. We shall
continue to invest in that direction so that hundreds of thousands of our
Children always denied admissions every year even when they meet all the
requirements can be taken care of.
“Imo State has the
education population to fill as many Universities as possible. In Imo our
greatest industry is education. We have also begun to make Schools in the rural
areas attractive. The Science Laboratories are going to be fully equipped
before the end of May. We have three commissioners for education because of the
importance we attach to it”.
“My desire is to see that
every child of Imo must be educated. I see education as life itself. Hence, I
was propelled to introduce free education at all levels. My joy knows no bound
that if I finish as governor today, I would have fulfilled my heart desire of
eradicating illiteracy in the State”. Okorocha said.
On a lighter note, the Imo
state cultural troupe (Omenimo) trilled guests with their performance.
The high point of the
event, however, was the presentation of a brand new car to the overall best
teacher in the state.
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