UROMI – The Member, House of Representatives, representing Esan North East/South East federal constituency, Hon. Friday Itulah as part of his constituency projects in Uromi has donated a primary school to the people of Ukpeko Imiokolo community, who hirtherto never had a school for her indigenes in the history of the community’s existence.
Itulah who also commissioned two blocks of classrooms in Idumu-Egean primary School in Esan North East, under the supervision of the Universal Basic Education Commission said the actualisation of the school projects is a realization of his electioneering campaign promises to his constituents noting that he facilitated the construction of additional blocks of classrooms in the community to improve the academic prowess of indigent pupils in the agrarian community.
Unveiling the newly constructed blocks of classroom for the smooth take off of Ukpeko Imiokolo primary School in the remote community of Ukpeko Imiokolo in Uromi to the Edo state commissioner of Basis Education, Hon. Patrick Agwinede, the lawmaker said the need to embark on the school project in Ukpeko Imiokolo was borne out of the desire to bring education to the doorstep of the people who have no primary School in their community since existence.
“Ukpeko Imiokolo community has long been in existence, but has never had the opportunity of having a primary School. Pupils from this community have to cover a very long distance to attend primary School they presently attend. This is against the United Nation policy on primary education, which is to the effect that primary schools should not be more than 200m from a child.”, Itulah said.
Edo state commissioner of Basic Education, Patrick Aguinede speaking during the hand over of Ukpeko Imiokolo primary School by the Lawmaker said the gesture will go a long way to complement the effort of the state government noting that with the commissioning as well as hand-over the primary school is now a government owned school and promised to provide all necessary facilities for the immediate kick-off of the school.
Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education (UBE), Alhaji. Dikko Suleman represented by Okey Beatrice of the Edo state office of Universal Basic Education commended the facilitator for his numerous contribution to the development of the education sector urging the people of the community to make judicious use of the school saying” the school project as supervised by UBE is to ensure Education for all.”