By Akpokona Omafuaire & Brisibe Perez
WARRI—Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has tasked schools on the need to establish and encourage technical education in their curriculum.
Okowa spoke at the 4th annual national dinner and 70th anniversary of Government College, Ughelli, celebrated by the school’s old students in Warri.
The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Festus Ovie Agas, explained that the state government was doing everything in line with its educational policy to resuscitate and encourage skill acquisition.
He noted that this was evidenced in the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme, STEP, and Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme, YAEP.
The governor assured that his government would consider the request to set up a governing council for effective management of the premier college.
Speaking on the topic Education and the Next Utopia, Professor Godini Darah, a member of the defunct National Conference, commended the state government for its Delta Beyond Oil initiative.
Darah noted that although the programme appeared glamorous, it would be ineffective if it was not linked to education.
He said: “If the right technocrats are not trained towards actualising the programme, it becomes ineffective because the more educated we are, the more productive we become.”
Chairman of the event, Alaowei Broderick Bozimo, a former Minister of Police Affairs, noted that Government College, Ughelli, would continue to sail higher given the calibre of graduates it had produced.
Earlier, President-General World wide of Government College Ughelli Old Boys Association, GCUOBA, Prof. Oritsegbemi Omatete, spoke on the importance of excellence as reflected in the culture of the school since it was founded in 1945.
Five old mariners of the school, Prof. John Pepper Clark, Olorogun Miller Uloho, Prof. Peter Hugbo, Prof Vremudia Diejomaoh and Prof Oritsegbemi Omatete were honoured with lifetime achievement awards.
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