We’re working hard to overcome illiteracy challenges in Ebonyi – Nwifuru

By Uchenna Ugwu

Ebonyi governor, Francis Nwifuru has assured that the state is working hard to overcome the challenge of high illiteracy among its people by expanding opportunities for education.

Nwifuru said that the state had expanded opportunities for primary, secondary and higher education in the state.

The Governor revealed this in Abakiliki on Wednesday at a rally marking the state’s 29th and Nigeria’s 65 years anniversary.

He, however, said it was unfortunate that many youths in the state were not leveraging opportunities being created by the government to advance their education background.

He urged the youths to embrace the policies of the state government on education and ensure that they went back to school to protect their future.

“My government has created a lot of opportunities for the youths. We have 200 young graduates who are on overseas scholarship and no fewer than 600 are also in different universities on scholarship.

“Sincerely I commend our past leaders and elder statesmen. I appreciate your resilience in advancing the state, your efforts and the infrastructure that you have put in place are commendable.

“I salute former governor, Sen. David Umahi, for the legacies he left behind. The infrastructural development speaks volumes in the state and Nigeria at large,” he said.

“I thank God Ebonyi is moving forward; 2026 is our set year for project commissioning. We have done a lot in human capital development,” Nwifuru said.

Also speaking, a former governor of the state, Dr Sam Egwu, commended Nwifuru for his developmental stride and urged him to keep the flag flying.

“I commended him for taking Ebonyi to greater heights, especially in the area of education and infrastructure,” Egwu said.

(NAN)