The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS Delta) has donated several items including slasher machine for cutting grass to three selected primary schools in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.
Among the items donated were submersible pumping machines, overhead tanks, generating set, overhead tanks, desks, white boards and markers, exercise books for pupils and jotters for teachers.
Schools which benefitted included Nana Primary School, Ikengbuwa Primary School and Ogiame Primary School, all in Warri.
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Commander NNS Delta, Commodore Abba Muhsin, while presenting the items to the schools, said the gesture was in line with the Operation Delta Sanity, launched to mitigate illegalities in the Ship’s maritime space.
He said the gesture of NNS Delta, Warri, was based on the educational programme usually refered to as “Free Educational Rhapsody in the Navy” aimed at distributing materials to schools based on their needs.
“We have quite a number of items such as tables and desks, white boards, long slashers, pumping machines, over 1000 exercise books, 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 enquire what needs they wanted and from that, we are able to get the items and take across to them”, he said.
Commodore Muhsin noted that the beneficiaries were pupils who would be leaders of tomorrow and urged them to be disciplined, diligent and dedicated to their studies.
“The beneficiaries of these items are actually the pupils, young Nigerians that we hope to grow 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”, he added.
The Naval boss, therefore, encouraged the management of the schools to maintain the modest facilities, take care of them.
He assured that the Navy’s continued encouragement for them to do their best as teachers so they can produce the best students that can lead Nigeria in the future.
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.
Head Teachers of Nana Primary School, Mawe Mofe; Ikengbuwa Primary School, Okpaghoro and Ogiame Primary School, Mene Patience all expressed appreciation to the Nigeria Navy Delta, Warri for the “noble gesture”.
They assured that the items would be put to proper use and maintained adequately for the benefits of their pupils.
