As part of government's plans to ensure that the boarding system returns come January next year, the Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board Ven. Fyneface Ndubuisi Akah yesterday visited some schools in the state capital to find out the conditions of the hostels and what should be done to enable the programme kick off in earnest in January 2020.

The schools visited yesterday were, Model Girls Rumueme and that of Rumuokwuta Girls all in Obio/Akpor local government area.

During the visit the chairman interacted with the school heads and thereafter asked them to work out the modalities without delay.

The UBE boss also visited Model Junior Girls Secondary School GRA phase one where a teacher was said to have absconded from duty for a very long time but was still receiving salary every month.

The teacher who allegedly claimed to be sick according to the principal was seen very healthy as the chairman visited the school yesterday.

And the question in the mouth of many yesterday was, why was he in school that yesterday that the chairman visited? Is it that his informants alerted him?

However, when he was confronted by the chairman, the teacher, with a tooth pick in his mouth told the chairman it was his wife that is sick and not him.

At this juncture his statement ran contrary with the report earlier given by the principal.

He has since been asked to report to the board headquarters with immediate effect.

However, the same scenario played out yesterday at government primary school Olanada when the chairman visited the school.

At Olanada, the retired head teacher who is still at large had refused to hand over to the new one, instead it was the assistant (female) that was seen running the school.

With a long cane in her hand chasing who, God knows, before the chairman surprisingly entered, coupled with her inability to give the chairman a convincing answer on why the new person has not taken over angered the chairman who immediately ordered for her transfer.

At this juncture, one may be tempted to jump into conclusions that she may be surreptitiously planning to be in control which is why she was doing everything humanly possible to stop the new person, but she denied all that.

Instead, according to her, the former head teacher is sick and has not returned to school to formerly hand over. His office is still locked, i have not even entered there as to say i want to take over, she said.

The lady may be heading for transfer if care is not taken.

It would interest you to know that the Executive Chairman also inspected some ongoing projects at model junior secondary school GRA phase one and Olanada primary school that same yesterday.

Those who accompanied the chairman on the tour were the board commissioners, directors.

Chimzi Ogbonna
Special Assistant on Media to the Executive Chairman Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board

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They just woke up................ They just notice everything on that faithful Sunday.

Even from a teacher..... Principal......?

All corrupt! And everyone thinks that the only corrupt people are in Abuja...........NO

You next door neighbor is so so corrupt!