By Davies Iheamnachor

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has received commendation for boosting education in rural communities of the state with renovation and construction of science laboratories, libraries and hostels.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike

To reposition education in the state, Wike has awarded contracts for the construction of basic educational faculties, especially in Ogu, Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state.

Following the development, the students of Government Secondary School Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo LGA,  commended the governor for the reconstruction of new classroom blocks in the school.

A student, Believe Derifaka, said: “We appreciate the government for giving us these wonderful and conducive classrooms, laboratories and hostels. We promise that the governor’s efforts will not be in vain, as we are going to do all we can to prove ourselves as students.’’

The principle of the school, Iniwori Tammy-Levi, while lauding Wike, recalled that the previous administration demolished buildings in the school with a promise to reconstruct better classroom blocks but never did.

Tammy-Levi said: “Prior to this time, we had barely two blocks we were using because the former government destroyed everything that was in the school compound with the promise that they would give us a model secondary school, which never came.”