By: EMMA ARUBI, Warri
The Commander NNS Delta, Warri, Commodore Abba Muhsin has charged the management of three Schools in Warri South LGA of Delta State to maintain the modest facilities donated to them and encourage the teachers to do their best to produce the best students that can lead Nigeria in the future.
Commodore Muhsin gave these admonition yesterday, during the donation of several items worth millions of Naira to Nana Primary School, Ikengbuwa Primary School and Ogiame Primary School respectively in Warri.
Items donated to the benefiting schools were submersible pumping machines, overhead tanks, slasher machines for cutting grass generating set, overhead tanks, desks, white boards and markers, exercise books for pupils and jotters for teachers.
Presenting the items, Commodore Abba Muhsin said the gesture was in line with the Operation Delta Sanity launched to stem illegalities in the maritime space.
He said the gesture of NNS Delta, Warri, was based on the educational programme usually refered to as “free educational rhapsody in the Navy” aimed at distributing materials to schools based on their needs.
“We have quite a number of items such as tables and desks, white boards, long slashers, pumping machines, over 1000 exercise books, overhead tanks to give out to these primary schools. All these items are being given out based on the requests of the needs of these primary schools and not just our invention.
“We reached out to them and enquire what needs they wanted and from that, we are able to get the items and take across to them”, he said.
Commodore Muhsin noted that the beneficiaries were pupil who were to be grown to be leaders of tomorrow and urged them to be disciplined, diligent and dedicated to their studies.
“The beneficiaries of these items are actually the pupils, young Nigerians that we hope to grow to be leaders of tomorrow. And the message we have for them is to be very disciplined, very diligent, very hardworking and to make sure that they put education as the fulcrum of their lives”, he added.
The Naval Boss therefore encouraged the management of the schools to maintain the modest facilities, take care of them assuring that the Navy would continue to encourage them do their best as teachers so they can produce the best students that can lead Nigeria in the future.
Education Secretary, Warri South Local Government Education Authority, Augustina Omatseye expressed gratitude to NNS Delta for it’s contributions to the development of education in the local government area.
Head Teachers of Nana Primary School, Mawe Mofe; Ikengbuwa Primary School, Okpaghoro and Ogiame Primary School, Mene Patience all expressed appreciation to the Nigeria Navy Delta, Warri for the “noble gesture”.
They assured that the items would be put to proper use and maintained adequately for the benefits of their pupils.
