The Nigerian Navy Ship Delta, on Monday, donated several teaching and learning facilities including desks, whiteboards and markers, exercise books for pupils and jotters for teachers, among others, to three selected primary schools in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.
Other items donated to the beneficiary schools comprised slasher machines for cutting grass, generating sets, submersible pumping machines as well as overhead tanks.
The beneficiaries were Nana Primary School, Ikengbuwa Primary School and Ogiame Primary School, all located within the Warri metropolis.
The Commander, NNS Delta, Commodore Abba Muhsin, while presenting the items worth millions of naira, at each of the schools, disclosed that the gesture was “in line with Operation Delta Sanity, launched to stem illegalities in the maritime space.”
He added that the gesture of the NNS Delta, Warri, was “based on the educational programme, usually referred to as ‘free educational rhapsody’ in the Navy, aimed at distributing materials to schools based on their needs.”
The Naval boss described the beneficiaries as “pupils who are being groomed to be leaders of tomorrow.”
He therefore exhorted them to be disciplined, diligent and dedicated to their studies.
He also encouraged the management of the schools to “maintain the modest facilities and take good care of them.”
He assured that, “the Navy would continue to encourage teachers to do their best, so they can produce the best students that can lead Nigeria in the future.”
The Naval boss said, “We have quite several items such as tables and desks, whiteboards, long slashers, pumping machines, over 1000 exercise books, and overhead tanks to give out to these primary schools.
“All these items are being given out based on the requests of the needs of these primary schools and not just our invention.
“We reached out to them and enquired what needs they wanted and from that, we can get the items and take them across to them.
“The beneficiaries of these items are the pupils, young Nigerians that we hope to groom to be leaders of tomorrow.
“And the message we have for them is to be very disciplined, very diligent, very hardworking and to make sure that they put education as the fulcrum of their lives”.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, the Education Secretary, Warri South Local Government Education Authority, Augustina Omatseye, expressed gratitude to NNS Delta for its contributions to the development of education in the local government area.
Also, the Head Teachers of Nana Primary School, Mawe Mofe; Ikengbuwa Primary School, Okpaghoro and Ogiame Primary School, Mene Patience, respectively commended the Nigeria Navy Delta, Warri for what they described as “the noble gesture.”
They all assured that the items would be put to proper use and maintained adequately for the benefit of their pupils.
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