Delta State Government, Tuesday, presented a brand new bus each to the National Association of Nigeria Students/Joint Campus Committee (NANS/JCC) in the state and the National Association of Delta State Students (NADESSTU).
Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, presented keys of the two buses to the Chairman of NANS/JCC, Comrade Samson Ikpahwore, and NADESSTU National President, Comrade Monday Wiska.
Speaking during the presentation of the buses at Government House, Asaba, Dr. Emu said the gesture of the state government was aimed at facilitating the positive and legal operational activities of the two students associations.
He explained that the vehicles were meant to convey the students to legitimate occasions, adding that the buses must be used for the benefit of NANS and NADESSTU, even as he warned the students’ leaders not to abuse the privilege of having the buses provided for them by the state government.
While congratulating the leadership of the two associations for attracting the vehicles to unions in their time, the SSG implored them to be good ambassadors of the state by their conduct and attitude.
“When you paid a courtesy call on the Governor at the Exco Chambers, you came with very many good news; especially when the NANS President declared himself as a Deltan.
“His Excellency made a lot of commitments and admonitions. He asked you to remain good ambassadors of Nigeria, especially Delta in particular.
“You must market Delta State. How do you do that? It is through your conduct and attitude because you are an ambassador of the state.
“These vehicles are to facilitate positive and legal activities. You must use them for the benefit of NANS and NADESSTU. There are two vehicles here; one is for NANS and the other one is for NADESSTU. The vehicles are meant to convey you to legitimate occasions. You are not to abuse the privilege.
“I want to plead with you that the youth is not the leaders of tomorrow but already of today. Your average age is very significant.
“So, you are entrusted with leadership roles and responsibilities; please, lead the people you are leading properly. Leadership is holding people by their hands and taking them to their destination.
“Rhe Governor is a youth- friendly governor. We do scholarships and we pay bursary and that is consistent. Last year alone, we paid bursary two times. So, anywhere any Deltan is, Governor Oborevwori is there,” Dr. Emu added.
In their separate responses, NANS/JCC Chairman, Comrade Samson Ikpahwore, and the NADESSTU President, Comrade Monday Wiska, expressed profound appreciation to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his administration’s magnanimous disposition towards the students community in the state.
They lauded the Governor for the payment of bursary to students of the state origin, the approval of funds for accreditation of academic programmes in universities, Polytechnics and the Colleges of Education in the state as well as the donation of the two buses, and assured that the donated vehicles would be judiciously utilised.
