Samuel Atuluku
The Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor on Labour Matters, Comrade Onuh Edoka has paid for fifty pupils in fulfilment of his promise to sponsor fifty Candidates of his Constituency ( KOGI EAST), in the forthcoming 2025 Gifted Examination.
Comrade Edoka, while presenting Cheque to Kogi State Coordinator of National Examination Council, Mr Thaddeus Ajabu in the NECO office, said he was fulfilled to have kept to his promise.
He acknowledged the importance of education in all human endeavors, stressing that the gifted school was to address the economic challenge of brilliant children whose children do not have the capacity to bring them up educationally.
The Special Adviser maintained that the measure was to also give back to the society, saying the task of education required collective responsibility.
He explained that the pupils would be selected from the three wards in Olamaboro Local government area, assuring of more efforts to advance the course of education in the area.
“It is important to note that educating children is key if we must move forward as a people, this is because education is key and the light that shows the way”, Edoka stated.
He urged well to do individuals and corporate bodies to assist the less privileged in the society whose children are brilliant, but incapacitated financially, thereby giving such children and parents hope of a better future.
Comrade Edoka expressed appreciation to the new state Coordinator of NECO for creating awareness on the gifted school and expressed optimism that more personalities would key in such sponsorship.
Responding, the NECO State Coordinator
Mr Thaddeus Ajabu expressed delight on the positive development, stressing that with the development, a new centre will be created at Ogugu in Olamaboro Local government area for Kogi East.
According to him, for the first time, a centre for the gifted examination is being created in Ogugu in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi East through the exemplary commitment of the Special Adviser on Labour, Comrade Onuh Edoka who has kept to his promise.
The gifted examination is slated for thirty first of this month.
