Delta Council Chairman Visits Community Primary School With Only One Teacher Teaching Over 170 Pupils

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…Says Education Is Paramount To Societal Growth

Chairman, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta state, Comrade Friday Ovoke Warri has expressed shock during an unscheduled visit to Okugbe primary school, Ikpide-irri, and discovered that the school has just only one teacher, teaching over the 170 pupils.

As at the time the council chairman and his entourage visited, teacher, Miss Etibo, who is the headmistress of the school, was seen teaching the primary six pupils.

The council boss who was on a visit on Wednesday to the community at the instance of a social and pressure group, ‘Concerned Indigenes of Ikpide-irri 4-Development (CIID), for accessment of dilapidated social amenities in the community reassured the unwavering commitment of his administration aimed at sustaining balanced infrastructural development across the council and, alleviating your worries.

According to Warri, his administration takes seriously health and education sectors adding that “education remains the bedrock of every society as I will not joke with the issue of education. Education is utmost in my heart.”

Warri while stating that his administration will prioritise projects focused on the welfare of the people, particularly in education, and those that enhance the socio-economic well-being of the region in line with the state governor’s MORE agenda policy.

The council chairman in company of his vice, council officials and elated community residents walked over three kilometres round the community to evaluate essential self community and government infrastructure, including the primary school, health centre, market, and water bornhole tank with earning acclaim from local residents.

While addressing a crowd of enthusiastic residents at the community town hall, Warri, declared that ‘”My administration values investments in education, healthcare infrastructure, clean water, and strategic development projects, all designed to improve living standards and make government services more accessible, where women and children can seek medical care and children can pursue education.

“The arrival of Warri will bring respite from our troubles; we acknowledge the existing challenges. As local government, our mission is to improve constituent lives, albeit with restricted resources. We will address feasible tasks and seek Rt. Hon. (Elder) Sheriff Francis Orohwedor Oborevwori state government intervention for matters beyond our capacity, relying on his demonstrated commitment to supporting local governance.”

Warri however assured the people of Ikpide-irri community that within the next one month, teachers shall be posted to the primary to close that long gab between the pupils and qualitative learning.

In his remarks at the community’s Town Hall, chairman of Ikpide Irri community, Mike Ighoboro, expressed delight at hosting a sitting a sitting local government chairman, a rare privilege and occurrence in Ikpide-irri community for quite some time now.

Recalled that the Concerned Indigenes Of Ikpide-Irri 4-Development (CIID), had on Monday, August, 26, 2024 paid a courtesy visit on the chairman of Isoko South council, Oleh and appealed to the chairman to extend dividends of democracy to their community.

In a speech, presented by Comrade Obruozie Tom Odiuzou on behalf of the Concerned Indigenes Of Ikpide-Irri 4-Development (CIID) and flanked by ex-president general of Ikpide-irri Progress Union and leader of the delegation, Chief Joseph Ubeleke, CIID had complaint about lack of teachers in the primary school, noting that Ikpide-Irri riverine community is one of the largest communities of Irri Clan/Kingdom, Isoko South council of the state that has not gotten its fair share of social amenities from the three tiers of government.

“We are an agrarian community, specializes in the production of farm produce such as garri, starch, plantains, yams and peppers etc to guarantee food security in the state. Our about three thousand (3000) registered voters at the last general election is a bold statement that we are politically active people. Our Comrade chairman, sir, as your concerned citizens we acknowledged the fact that when the communities are developed in line with the MORE agenda of governor Sheriff Oborevwori you symbolize, Delta State advances and everyone is happy. Upon this, we graciously appeal to you to assist our beloved community in the following pressing areas.

“Ikpide Health-care Centre, the healthcare centre which provides primary health care for the local residents has collapsed and non-functional for some years now. Before now, about four nurses posted there, were working. As we speak, no medical/para medical personnel is working/known to be working at the healthcare centre and thereby making lkpide-Irri totally cut off from the rest of the state in terms of access to healthcare services. Last year, we lost a pregnant woman during labour but had to be rushed to Kaiama in Bayelsa state where every local goes now for health care. We passionately appeal to you to do everything in your power to make our Healthcare centre functional again.

“Solar Street Lights, as part of the rural transformation of the governor ‘s M.O.R.E agenda, we earnestly appeal for the inclusion of lkpide-Irri in the solar street lights scheme to enhance rural livelihood, lifestyle, improve the serene environment and keep criminal elements in check. Sir, it might interest you to know that, Ikpide-irri is the only Delta state riverine community along the River Niger in the midst of other communities under Bayelsa state that is perpetually in darkness while others are always lighted up at night through the solar street lights provided by the government of Bayelsa state. We, sincerely appeal to you to come to our aid as the only Delta state community in that area.

“Water, the first time we had pipe born water was through OMPADEC, during the military regime, forty years ago. That project served its purpose but wear and tear has made it unusable as it poses high health risk. Again, our chairman, we are begging you to please come to our aid. We writing desks and teachers for our primary school as no society can grow without education and education is the key to success. The Okugbe primary school, lkpide-Irri is bedevilled with lack of teaching personnel and furniture for the pupils.”, CIID had complained.

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