Imo State government has set up machinery for the
immediate payment of monthly stipends to students of State owned primary and
secondary schools
The wife of the governor, Nneoma Nkechi Rochas Okorocha
disclosed this at the Sam Mbakwe Excoc Chambers Government house, Owerri during
a meeting with heads of primaries and secondary schools in the State
Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha who represented the governor
directed 27 Desk Officers and Team Leaders for the 27 LGAs to visit Schools in
the State and ascertain the number of School children, their sexes, age
bracket, number of teachers and facilities in the Schools and report back to
the government
She said that the team leaders should go with some sets
of School new uniforms, to determine the sizes that will be given to the pupils
and students in various Schools
The Imo first lady equally informed them to check the
attendance register of each class before making payment to ensure that the
money for disbursement is always available
She enjoined the Team leaders to also collaborate with
the Community Government Council to ensure that the exercise was successful
The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Adaobi Obasi
expressed gratitude to Gov. Okorocha for his love for education and Imo
children and urged the Desk Officers and Team leaders to be good
representatives of the education ministry as they discharge their assignments
in the various LG Areas
The Chief of Staff, Government House, Chief Jude Ejiogu
described the gesture of the governor as a proof of his fatherly love to Imo
children and requested the Head teachers and Desk Officers to take the
assignment very serious
The Secretary Imo State Universal Basic Education Board,
(IMSUBEB), Chief Okey Anyikwa said the stipend given to the students is further
a proof of the governor’s love for education and welfare of Imo children and
advised parents to help government by encouraging their children to be
hardworking and to realize the importance of the free education
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