Celebration As Amaechi Abolishes Discriminatory School Fees In Rivers University

Unknown

Link Author

Title: Celebration As Amaechi Abolishes Discriminatory School Fees In Rivers University
Author: Unknown
Rating 5 of 5 Des:

Tweet It was celebration galore last Monday among non-indigenes in Rivers State when the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotim...

It was celebration galore last Monday among non-indigenes in Rivers State when the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, announced to students and staff of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) that henceforth it would be abominable to allow the injustice in State-owned schools where non-indigenes are made to pay fees far higher than what indigenous students pay.

According to the amiable and revolutionary Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), “the so called non-indigenes – as I don’t believe in this concept of non-indigeneship – should no longer pay fees higher than that payable by the indigenes of Rivers State. To me, once you have lived in Rivers State for five years, you are an indigene of Rivers State and entitled to everything entitled to any indigene of the State.”

Upon that announcement, RSUST exploded into dancing and celebrating, with elated students singing, “Who shall we follow? Amaechi! Amaechi!! Amaechi we shall follow; he is our hero and deliverer.”

This great pronouncement on this special occasion of the Governor’s interaction with the RSUST students was a follow up on the abolishment of the concept of non-indigene in Nigeria in April, 2014. Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has in April, 2014 made history by becoming the first Governor in the annals of governance in Nigeria to abolish the concept of non-indigeneship in any State of the Federation.

He announced this while welcoming a large crowd of non-indigenes in the State who paid him a solidarity visit at the Government House in Port Harcourt.

On this eventful day, Amaechi told his guests, all members of the Non-Indiegne Political Form (NIPF), a support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State:

“I don’t believe in non-indigeneship. As far as I am concerned, you are entitled to everything if you have lived in Rivers State for at least five years. We are all Rivers indigenes. If you go anywhere around this State and they are segregating against you, please, call my attention. The reason is that we are all Nigerians and we remain bonafide citizens of this country. The All Progressives Congress (APC) believes that there is need for change because the government in power does not want money to reach you. We need the bottom-top approach for our people to benefit and improve their standard of living.”

Follow Us