The Adamawa State government has allocated a large parcel of land to the Rochas Foundation to build a school for the less-privileged. Governor Jibrilla Bindow said on Sunday, in Yola, that the move was an expression of the government’s sacrifice, in the interest of education. He called on well-meaning Nigerians to invest more in education, adding that the sector was vital to social development.
He commended Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State for the provision of a secondary school for the less-privileged in Adamawa. He added that the state was one of the educational disadvantaged, assuring him of support from the state government. The land allotted to the Rochas Fundation was a former golf field. He said that the public interest surpassed the interest of an individual or group of individuals.
He said the gesture would go a long way in propagating the change the people had been yearning for. “We can sacrifice anything for education because it is only peace that is as important as education. I commend Governor Rochas Okorocha for this kind gesture and I pray that the lord will grant him success in his future political endeavours. I am calling on well-meaning Nigerians to take a cue from Rochas to invest more in education, especially by supporting the less-privileged.
“We will negotiate with the golfers and provide an alternative place for them, because even the constitution states that public interest surpasses any group interest.” Earlier, Okorocha, who is also the chairman of the Rochas Foundation said the construction of the school would start in January 2015. He said that the gesture was to fulfil the promised he made that his foundation would build a school for internally displaced persons (IDPs).
He said that the foundation would incorporate the Attorney General, Commissioner for Education and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly as board members, adding that the board members would ensure that the beneficiaries of the educational gesture were genuinely the less-privileged.
He said that 75 per cent of the students would be orphans, adding that the foundation would train the students to the university. He said that the foundation had partnered with some universities in around the world. He said that the school would have a hostel, staff quarters and sports complex, amongst others.
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