The Senator representing Rivers South-East at the National Assembly, Magnus Abe on 22nd of April 2013 commissioned 15 classrooms of the International Secondary School of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) built by Prof. B. B. Fakae.
The newly commissioned 2 storey building comprises of library, Biology, chemistry, physics, Agricultural Science, Home Economics and classrooms which had long been expected by the staff of that school.
Introducing the senator to the building and staff of the school, Prof. Fakae said the school was built out of the need to provide the students a better learning environment to enhance their studying ability.
He pointed out that the school has ICT as its strong point, as teachers are bent on making the students the best ICT students in the shores of Nigeria. The V. C further explained that the school is an international secondary school, adding that the students without a befitting building for studies have demonstrated the ability that they are out to prove that RSUST stands to produce the best brains in the state and beyond.
Senator Magnus Abe on his part advised the students to make use of the opportunity available to them as many students did not have the privilege they are having, saying that one day they too will stand before crowd and address them as every other person they are seeing in the VCs entourage was once like them, including himself.
The principal of the school, Bara Hart expressed happiness over the new building and thanked the VC and Senator Abe for coming to commission the building, promising to put the building into a maximum use. ###
Allanso Jonathan Allanso
NLC: Onwusoanya Emerges Women Committee Chairperson In Rivers State
The election of Women Committee of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Rivers State chapter, has produced Comr. Mrs. Edina Onwuasoanya of the Medical and Health Workers Union emerging the chairman of the council for the next four years.
In his remarks while announcing the result, the returning officer for the election and the National President of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), Comr. Achese Igwe urged the women to be more active in union activities. He questioned why the women cannot produce president or governor of a state in the country with their number.
In her acceptance speech after inauguration, Comr. Onwuasoanya said she thanked God for making the conference successful, as well as the NLC chairman in the state, Chief Chris Oruge for his fatherly support to their union. The new chairman also thanked the delegates for participating actively in the 2nd delegates conference of the union and promised to carry everybody along in her administration. Mrs. Onwuasoanya equally pledged to ensure that all the lapses experienced in the previous administrations are checked.
Earlier, the NLC chairman in Rivers State, Comr. (Chief) Chris Oruge congratulated the women for a successful delegates conference and promised that NLC under his leadership will always partner with them.
Dignitaries that graced the occasion include Comr. Prince Addah Williams, the Vice chairman of NLC, Rivers State council.
Other elected members of the new executive are, Comr. Martie Tobin West (Vice Chairman), Comr. Dagogo Bob-Manuel Ngo (secretary), Comr. Stella Ozuoka (Assistant secretary) Ibinye Iyalla and Comr. Omoba Blue-Jack (Ex-officio). ###
