DESTINY LOCATED VOICE OF "SUCCESS
ADEGOR" AS AMBASSADOR OF GOOD EDUCATIONA video went
viral on the 14th of march 2019, of a young girl expelled for non payment
of school fees, which was a very poignant video especially when she said “she
preferred to be flogged than sent out of school and they will be tired of
flogging her”. Her name was found out to be Success Adegor, and when a lady
called Gloria Ogo who had a philanthropic heart went in search of her from
warri to sapele led to serious discovery of factual situation of the school. Questions in
mind when I saw the Success school environment, just days after school pupils’
lives were lost in a distressed school building , which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in
Ita Faji on Lagos Island, at least 10 people died and many more are feared
trapped after a building containing a school collapsed on the 13th of March 2019 at about
10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The building had been identified as
"distressed" and listed for demolition, Lagos building officials told
the BBC. |
The state of
these schools makes you wonder if Nigerian minsters understand the oath they
take to serve their community and country/ Where are the local councillors,
Minister of Education who are accountable to the Governor of Delta [Governor Ifeanyi
Okowa] as he cannot be everywhere. He is
now serving 2nd term with schools looking inhabitable for a dog
house with decapitated classrooms for schooling for children; are these same
councillors and ministers who seemly have not done their service duties in his
1st term now serving 2nd term as well along with Governor
Okowa? If the funds allocated to Education are spent on these schools - will
the Head Mistress of Okotie-Eboh primary school and other schools heads be
levying illegal fees from the students? Its bewildering to observe that with
impunity someone is embezzling the money allocated to Education as it is sad
without regard for children’s lives being put at risk daily. Imagine children
getting ready to go to school with no chairs, no tables, no staff room, and no
roof to protect them from sun and rain. The politicians of Nigeria are not just
corrupt they are wicked hearten and self centred. They spend allocated budgets funds
into self pockets and do not have the drive for provision of good education for
the masses who voted them in their positions. The worst is a leader surrounding
themselves with awful advisers ; while they send their children abroad to
school and use public funds allocated for infrastructures, education, and
security for self in self wealth driven greed that awaits karma. |
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RAP tried locating a media communication avenue for
Delta Government and when non was located, I remembered I knew someone who is
in the governor’s close clique and I sent him a message to help convey urgent
help cry of Okotie-Eboh primary school to the governor, and his reaction as you
can see below was to block me off his whats-hap – People forget their
foundation and that there is a God who sees all actions to the intent of the
heart and rewards according to actions. As a friend and close clique to the
Governor, it’s expected of his close cliques as a mandatory duty to watch his
back and bring such crisis that is shameful and life risk under his
administration to his attention! But when God want to bring deliverance to a
community, He will use anyone, any medium and God is not a respecter of
persons but a God of purpose that can use the impossible to bring out destiny
of the oppressed and bring the disregarded to limelight of his grace as he did
in this situation. It did not only get to the Governor, but became a worldwide
exposition of human right violation of innocent children's education by his administration and
graceful promotion for the oppressed as a voice of a child outcry for good
education was heard that a commissioner was appointed to fulfil as an adviser to
the Governor. Many a time as evident in this case, it is not the leader at fault in the failure of his administration, but
the kind of clique he has created in his personal life and empowered with authority in his administration - they will
either bring grace or disgrace to him/her. We all learn everyday with wisdom and should also be
careful what seed we sow in the journey of life as God's karma is reality that
cannot be revoked. |
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It is discovered that Hon. Commissioner Chiedu Ebie is serving 2nd term as the Basic & Secondary Education, Delta State. The most
unacceptable justification as he stated in response to the viral video of success
was – As a responsible and responsive
government, it is our duty to address issues that affect the citizenry of the
State and in doing so, we will ensure that renovation works are carried out
satisfactorily and within Since the inception of this administration, the Delta
State Government through the Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education and
its parastatals have carried out the Construction/Renovation of 4,738
Classrooms in addition to rehabilitating and re-positioning the six Technical
Colleges in the State. 1)
Head Teacher of the School had no right to impose any levy or fees
on the pupils of her School. In my brief encounter with the Head Teacher this
morning, there appeared to be numerous inconsistencies in her response on this
issue as she was unable to categorically state who authorised her to impose the
levies or fees which is in clear breach of the extant rules. Consequently, I
have directed the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to suspend the
Head Teacher pending the outcome of a formal enquiry into the issue of
unauthorised levies/ and fees imposed by her in the School. 2)
On the state of the infrastructure; it is important to
clarify that Okotie Eboh Primary Schools I and II, Sapele exist in two
locations in the same neighbourhood and within a minute's walk of each other.
Having discovered the dilapidated state of the infrastructure in the Schools,
steps were immediately taken by the State Government, through the Ministry of
Basic & Secondary Education, to carry out a phased renovation and upgrade
of the infrastructural facilities beginning with Okotie Eboh Primary School II.
It is important to place on record and for the avoidance of doubt that the
Contract of the first phase was awarded on the 29th of December 2018 and work
has since commenced. |
The Executive Council exists to advise and direct the Governor. Their appointment
as members of the Executive Council gives them the authority to execute power
over their fields to serve the community, in which, Hon. Commissioner Chiedu
Ebie is the Basic & Secondary Education, Delta State and has failed
with the state of dilapidated schools as Okotie Eboh Primary School,Sapele and
Ime-Obi Secondary School, Agbor and so many others spotted around Delta state.
N13.6billion was said to have recently been paid as education counterpart
funds; then there must have been similar funds allocation for last four years
so where was the allocated public funds spent? It leaves the public to wonder
how come dilapidated schools are evident with pupils’ life at risk with human rights violations. Head
teachers have been sacked for obviously carrying out mandated approval to levy N100 for things in
the schools from the same State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) asked
to suspend the Head teachers being used as scapegoats for their exposition. The head teachers should
be pardoned as the Governor should know that they are victims as well of the
negligence of his executive adviser - Commissioner
of Basic & Secondary Education, Delta State. Who have failed in his
duty for collecting and collating data for
purposes of educational planning and financing; controlling
the quality of education in the state through the supervisory role of
the Inspectorate Services Department within his field of Ministry. Dilapidated status of these schools obviously is
a revelation that there have not been execution of collecting and collating data for purposes of educational planning
and financing; nor any controlling of the quality of education in
the state through the supervisory role of the Inspectorate
Services Department within his field of Ministry as evidently, funds have
not be allocated to run and maintain them and Delta state has been known to have had issues
with salary challenge payment of the primary school teachers for years. While
other civil servants in the ministries, parastatals and agencies receive their
salaries, at times two weeks into the new month, primary
school teachers can only pray for their salaries to come at the end of may be
four or five months in Delta state. Why would Head teachers not
boost up the said approved N100 to N900 to keep them and their staff going when
they are deprived of their basic income? The Commissioner of Basic &
Secondary Education, Delta State should be ashamed of himself as his negligence
has worldwide been publicly expose by a viral video outcry of a child as Success
Adegor to raise a school bullying tactics alarm of being deprived good
education to open the can of worms eating up allocated educational public funds
and to imagine his tried to blame head teachers levying fees as a justification reaction , instead of the main
reason of the Commissioner of Education suspension of the head teacher being for
allowing publicity but with impunity using illegal fees levy as a covered
up. |
RAP believes that as recognised
worldwide, any public servant as a commissioner who has failed to accomplish
his service duty should resign or be suspended and investigated by the Governor
to proof that his government is responsible and responsive to address issues that affect the citizenry
of the State he administers and in doing so would stop his administration
faulted in disgrace and from having such
commissioners serving into 2nd term with
him, because the state of dilapidated schools as Okotie Eboh Primary School,
Sapele and Ime-Obi Secondary School, Agbor and so many others spotted around
Delta state shows there has been a bad
educational system for 4years under Governor Okowa administration and
perceptibly does not proof that
renovation works are carried out satisfactorily and within the administration since the inception of the
past 1st term of administration by the
authority placed upon his commissioner of
Basic & Secondary Education, Delta to execute power over his fields
to serve the community in which there has been a breach of Universal Basic
Education (UBE) Act, which requires that Basic Education Level is FREE which is
expected to be good and in safe environment which we have evidently seen in
this case in Delta State that most Nigerian public education system lack and
not fit for purpose, which is a breach of ARTICLE 25. Everyone has the right to a standard
of living adequate for.... health and well-being and ARTICLE 26. Everyone
has the right to education. It
is important that all appointed ministers as advisers to elected leaders have
to focus on description of their post instead of using victims [Head teachers who
heaped authorised fees of N100 to N900 or more because their salary has not
been paid] as a scapegoat for their negligence for failing the public education
system they have taken an oath of office to serve with integrity..What is Commissioner Chiedu Ebie
of Basic & Secondary Education, Delta State has done through the media broadcast is a play of psychological defence
mechanism of denial of his exposed failures through projecting responsibility
and blame on others.[the head teachers levied fees and actioning their dismissal]
It allows him as the main perpetrator of this human right violation of good
education and environment of Delta Schools to eliminate negative feelings about
himself and provides a sense of gratification to self, which he should know better not to project as a Barrister and his action is unacceptable by law and must not be ignored. The
Head Teacher - Mrs. Vero Igbigwe of the dilapidated Okotie Eboh Primary
School, Sapele should be re-instated as her dismissal is unfair while the main human right violator - Commissioner Chiedu Ebie of Basic & Secondary Education, Delta State is still occupying his post where he has failed for past 4 years to execute power over his fields to serve the community in which there has been a breach of Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act and human right of good basic education; and unbelievably serving a second term before his exposure. |
We can only thank God for the voice of a child as
Success Adegor who is an ambassador of good educational governance and has brought sanity
of good educational outcry to all schools in Delta State and other states
around Nigeria. May the Lord bless the individual, called Stephanie who
unconsciously used her educational skills and empathy to raise awareness of
Success suspension from school; May the divine favour of God locate her with
recognition that benefits her for bringing Success [STEPHANIE MUST BE
RECOGNISED AS THE DESTINY HELPER OF SUCCESS ADEGOR WHO RECORDED THE VIDEO WITH
HER PHONE THAT WENT VIRAL AND SHOULD BE APPRECIATED AS SUCH FOR THE RAISING
AWARENESS ] and her family to a limelight that has banked Success a scholarship
and recognition worldwide as a voice of good educational governance and her
generation which she endeavours to become, as a Pastor and a Lawyer.(c)RAP 23/3/2019 |
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