It was a very busy last week for me. I was in Port Harcourt with Rev. Samson Bodjor to deliver a lecture on Harnessing the Power of Womanhood for Community and National Development. I had to give another lecture on Entrepreneurship and Skill acquisition: A Global Trend at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, […]
Speaking to the students of Petra Christian Academy on Wednesday, the 13th of February 2019. Scriptural References: 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 18:4-10, 2 Samuel 9:1-8. I was recently a guest speaker at the Government College Ughelli Old Boys’ Association Dinner at the Presidential Hotel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Seated on the head table with […]
Our SOS4 campaign took us to Unity School Agbarho, Delta State, on Tuesday, February 12. As we visit different schools, I’ve been making some observations. 1. There is a lot of infrastructural decay. Many of our public schools have dilapidated buildings. Several of these buildings were built several years ago. The quality of work done […]
Our SOS4 campaign took us to Ibru College, Agbarah-Otor, Delta State, this morning. We spoke to them on the dangers of cultism. I found out the cultism has permeated the very fabric of our primary and secondary schools. If we can do the following now that the students are still young, we can reduce the number of […]
Speaking Yesterday at Government College, Ughelli, on Attaining Academic Excellence in continuation of the SOS4 Campaign. We are having a problem in Ughelli and environs: students are no longer interested in schooling or reading their books. Even if you arrange extra lessons for them, they either come late or they will not attend. A lot […]
Our SOS4 campaign took us to a school in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State. I want to thank Marcus Ekure, Counsellor Denis Agori, Pastor Raymond Orogun Nduka Ugbeh, and Charles Edo for their support. As reported by a Teacher Today, we had a thought-provoking and effective lecture from Dr. Apoki who oversees Petra […]
Meeting with Volunteers for the SOS4 Program on Saturday, 26th January, at the Felicia Apoki Hall, Petra Christian Academy, Ughelli. In attendance were several prominent citizens including a retired regional bank manager, a retired matron from the nursing services of the Ministry of Defense, a retired principal, a vice principal of a school, and […]
The pictures below are from my hotel room where I was invited to be the keynote speaker at Government College Ughelli Old Boy’s Association Annual Dinner/Ancient Mariners Day. The title of this post will be the topic of my lecture this evening. Public education is the establishment, funding, and running of educational institutions by government. […]
Mr John Iloh is a retired regional manager of United Bank of Africa (UBA); he is also an ardent listener to our Word and Wisdom program every Wednesday by 10 a.m. on Quest FM 93.1. He put up this meeting as his own contribution to stop the decay he had noticed in the secondary schools […]
