NDDC, COMMITTED TO ADVANCING EDUCATION – NWAUBANI

Azubuike Nwaubani, who serves as the Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission representing Abia State, has reterated the commission’s support towards the advancement of education especially in the area of supply of science equipment to schools in the state.

Nwaubani made this known at the organisation’s state office at Okikpe, in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday while celebrating Abia children on the occasion of this year’s Children’s Day.

The occasion was held in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, Honour Your Father and Mother Initiative.

In his words, “We send people abroad on scholarships to further their education. We have been doing so much for the advancement of education in Niger Delta. As a Federal government agency, there are things you would also want the Federal Government to do towards the upliftment of the people of tomorrow, the children.”

“Improving the lives of Nigerian students or Nigerian citizens, especially the youth, is a continuous process. It is a project that you cannot say you have done more than enough. We have actually started giving the children some inventions, which is very, very commendable.”

Nwaubani revealed that NDDC wants to key into the initiative of the federal government to make sure that children understand also that they are as important to the nation as adults.

“So we have called them today to bring them here for them to have fun with us and make sure that we take care of them and allow them to have a sense of belonging. This is why they are here”.

He added, “The celebration is part of our social responsibility. NDDC, as you know, is not only an intervention agency that builds roads, builds schools and other infrastructures.”

“We are also interested in the social way of the people of Nigeria, the children are not exceptional”.

While advising parents, Nwaubani said. “I know that every parent is interested in the advancement of his or her world. We expect them to encourage them, sending them to school, talk to them, make them have a sense of belonging, and make them know that they are loved.”

“They cannot be a leader without listening to their teachers and their parents, without making even you, as a parent, to be their own role model. When you make them have confidence in themselves, they will be able to be the leaders of tomorrow”, he concluded.