Education Now Compulsory For School Age Children In Delta, Says Uduaghan

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said the state government has concluded plans to stop underage children from hawking in the streets and ensure that all children of school age compulsorily attend school as part of the free education policy of the state government.
The Governor who stated this in Asaba Friday, during the funeral Service for Mama Angelina Onyebuchi Azinge, mother of Professor Epiphany Azinge, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Legal Studies.
He said, “Education is important and it is our responsibility to make it possible for our people to attend school especially those who cannot pay for it. It is our responsibility to ensure that our children go to school. That is why we made it free at the basic and secondary levels. Soon we will deal with the case of our children who are hawking rather than being in school. It is our responsibility to ensure that they are in school. We want to ensure that our children and youths get basic education and skills to survive in life.”
Dr. Uduaghan admonished parents to ensure the good moral and spiritual upbringing of their wards so that they would become useful citizens, saying parents should create enough time for their children’s welfare, moral and spiritual training.
He called on parents to take care of the children’s physical and moral upbringing and mould them into nation builders, explaining that lack of care and discipline has led to a lot of security and criminal challenges among youths.
“It is your responsibility as parents to ensure that your children are brought up physically and morally because lack of care and character has led to a lot of the security challenges we face in our society. Take out time to mould your children because if they are not well cared for and brought up, they will grow up to become security problems for the nation rather than nation builders,” he said.
While commending the late Mama Angelina Azinge for her tireless efforts in raising and caring of her children who are now contributing to the development of the nation, he urged parents to emulate her and raise their children in the way of the Lord.
Dr. Uduaghan described the life of Mama Angelina Onyebuchi Azinge as a study in Human Capital Development explaining that through the trials and challenges she faced, she turned out to be an industrious and virtuous woman.
Describing his administration’s 3 Point Agenda as not misplaced and important to the development of the state, Governor Uduaghan called on Political leaders to play key roles in providing free health care, free education and security to the people explaining that it was their responsibility to meet the needs of the people.
“Leaders are assessed by their developmental achievements but if the people have nothing in their stomachs and their interests are not considered, they will not appreciate whatever efforts you make,” he said, adding, “It is our responsibility to provide the opportunities our people need to get better education, better health care and ensure their safety as well.”