President of Ijaw Youth Council,
IYC, Oweilaemi Pereotubo, has said it will be historic in the creeks of
Niger Delta for the take-off of academic activities at Maritime University,
Okerenkoko, Delta State in October 2017.
Pereotubo, who described
education as the panacea for transformation, peace and development of human and
society, applauded President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government for
standing by its promise and commitment in its approval of N2 billion for
the take-off of academic activities at the Maritime varsity. IYC factional leader, who spoke in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, expressed optimism that the struggle for a better deal
encapsulated by the founding fathers of IYC was gradually coming to reality.
He noted that in the history of
the Nigerian State, the Maritime varsity sited at Okerenkoko is the only
federal institution that has direct impact and meant to better the educational
development of the creek dwellers.
Pereotubo commended Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo for advising and leading the Federal Government team to the
temporary site of the institution at Kurutie in achieving this landmark height
for the Ijaw, Deltans and Nigerians at large.
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