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Written
by Simon Ebegbulem |
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DEPUTY
Governor of The Deputy Governor
who disclosed this to newsmen in He said the Government
decided to come up with the gesture because of its commitment to creating an
enabling environment for academic pursuit. He hinted that the state
government already had the list of proposed benefiting students with a view
to releasing the money to institutions for disbursement to beneficiaries. According to him,
“subventions to the various state owned institutions have been increased by
government for them to meet their financial demands which was in dilemma in
the past. We have also commenced the renovation of schools across the three
senatorial districts while private schools would be reassessed with a view to
ensuring standard”. On the erosion problems in
different parts of the state, Chief Imasuen said
that “the state government has set aside the sum of N330 million to address
the erosion problem at Queen Ede Primary school, Ogbeson
in Benin City while we will also partner with the World Bank on the
matter". While noting that several
roads in the state had received government attention more than any government
in the recent past, Chief Imasuen said that the
second phase of road rehabilitation would soon commence. “The state Governor Professor
Osunbor recently visited the Ojirami Dam in Akoko Edo and even since then, the Dam and that of |