The immediate past Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seriake Dickson of
\nBayelsa State, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has called on youths of Ogbia local
\ngovernment area to\u200e give the governor full support in his quest to make
\nlife more meaningful to them.<\/p>\n
He made the call at the weekend while delivering a speech as a Special
\nGuest of Honour at the first Ogbia Students Conference with the theme:
\nEducation as the Panacea for National Development.<\/p>\n
Iworiso-Markson who was represented by Surveyor Eteli Tuanam, said the
\ngovernor has done so well in developing human capacity in the state
\nthrough his massive investment in education and manpower development.<\/p>\n
” Without education the future of this generation and those coming is
\nbleak.. That is why the present administration is investing massively in
\nthat sector. All of you are witnesses to the fact that new schools are
\nbeen built while old ones are refurbished and well equipped.<\/p>\n
“A good example is the IJAW NATIONAL ACADEMY in Kaiama. The school has
\namong other things 1,000 students and a British principal. Everything and
\nwithout mincing words everything is free. From textbooks to food, just
\nname them”.<\/p>\n
“So you can see clearly that through Governor Dickson’s massive investment
\nin education, the government is helping to prepare a new generation of
\nleaders that will help impact on the society positively”.
\n\u200e
\nWhile commending the governor for his educational policy designed to
\nempower youths with the requisite knowledge to enable them take charge of
\ntheir future, the erstwhile Chief Press Secretary added that\u200e everywhere
\nin the world education is a potent tool to fight ignorance, poverty and
\nother social vices.<\/p>\n
\u200eAccording to him,\u00a0 Ogbia Youths are not left behind in the governor’s
\neducational revolution and that is why it is important to call on all
\nOgbia youths to rally round their leaders to support the Dickson
\ngovernment to succeed.<\/p>\n
\u200eThe Commissioner designate who spoke briefly on the topic: “Dangers of
\nhard drugs and cultism; lamented that they both constitute two of some of
\nthe major social\u200e vices that is very prevalent among young people in the
\nsociety.<\/p>\n
He stressed that hard drugs and cultism have become a menace and has
\ndestroyed lots of lives, careers and futures and therefore urged the
\nstudents to stay away from them no matter the temptation so they could be
\nfocused and achieve their life goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The immediate past Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has called on youths of Ogbia local government area to\u200e give the governor full support…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n