Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has
directed principals of secondary schools located in flood devastated areas of
the state to ensure that SS111 students were registered in the NECO and WAEC
School Certification examinations
Dr. Uduaghan gave the directive Tuesday night during a
serial meeting with political appointees and House of Assembly members to
review the flood situation in the state.
He enjoined principals in the flood areas to
immediately take action and register students for the school certificate
examinations.
He told them not to fail because any form of
complacency on their part would impede the academic progress of the students.
His words “You cannot afford to fail to register the
students. Don’t toy with the future of the students. They must write NECO and WAEC
School Certificate examination so put machinery in motion now to get them
registered.”
The governor, who also directed the state ministry of
Education to conduct JSS111 Certificate examinations, said the flood should not
be used as an excuse to truncate the academic ambition of students.
Dr. Uduaghan explained that every student has a time
frame for the completion of an academic programme and directed the state
ministry of Education to ensure that students in flood devastated areas were
not frustrated.
He also directed the commissioner in charge of the
ministry to immediately call for a meeting of principals and convey the
position of the state government on various examinations.
Emphasizing further he said “The educational programme
of students in flooded communities should not be truncated. Talk to them so
that they do not only write JSS111 examination but both the WAEC and NECO
external examinations”
In answer to a question the governor announced that
the state government would build temporary structures for flood victims in
communities where houses were completely destroyed.
Dr. Uduaghan
said most of the houses especially mud ones would no longer be strong enough
for human habitation and promised that after the houses have been assessed and
the communities fumigated; his administration would decide whether to allow
victims go back to their old houses or build temporary structures for them.
He therefore advised flood victims anxious to go back
to their houses to wait for fumigation and the technical assessment of their
houses before doing so.
The governor who also directed the ministry of
Environment to traverse flood devastated communities and assess where and when
victims could move into their old house, said: “check the boreholes and ensure
that the water was not contaminated. We want to avoid the out break of water
borne diseases and you should assess the water from boreholes. They should not
drink the water now”. ( UNEDITED GOVT. PRESS STATEMENT)
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