Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chief Patrick Ukah, has appealed to individuals, corporate bodies, philanthropic organizations and other stakeholders to support schools reopening after the Covid-19 pandemic closure.
He made the appeal in Asaba when he received Vision One Billion Souls Foundation International, a nongovernmental organization who donated hand sanitizers to the ministry for onward distribution to school children in the State.
Ukah commended the founder of the foundation, Favourmartins Nakey-Emielu, for his vision in setting up the foundation and his decision to assist the State government in providing things that are very necessary to be available before schools will be reopened in the State.
He appealed to other stakeholders to emulate the kind gestures of the foundation, stressing that precautionary measures that are necessary must be in place before the reopening of schools.
The Basic and Secondary Education Commissioner promised that the items donated will be safely kept till when they will be distributed to schools across the state.
He disclosed that hand sanitizers, face masks, hand washing stations, infra red thermometers, fumigation and decontamination of schools and other essential actions are required before schools will reopen.
In his address, Nakey-Emielu revealed that the foundation has the interest of the ministry and that of the school children at heart hence the donation.
He appealed that the donated items should be presented to the school children on resumption for the purpose of their safety.
