Students of the Sapele Youth Resources Centre, who are over five Thousand in Number now roam around in the streets pleading and calling on the Governor of Delta State Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Authur Okowa to release Subventions to all the six centre’s across the state which
were recently closed down to enable them go back to classes and workshops.
Some of the students who spoke to journalists in Sapele Mr. Samson Ochuko, Mr. Oghenedoro Okorodudu, Miss. Bridget Obi and others while lamenting the closure and their current idleness said, the six study centre’s, In Sapele Orerokpe, Asaba, Ozoro, Agbarho, and Buluangiama which was reputed for their training of Students in various vocations were closed down recently due to the centre’s inability to operate without cash from any source.
The students while bemoaning the Situation further, explained that since seven months, their instructors have not been paid salaries, no fuel and diesel to run the centres’ plants, a situation that now forced the teachers from classrooms, making the students to remain idle in classes which forced the authority to put the place finally under keys and lock with few of the teachers and the administrators still coming to work everyday but nothing with which to do their jobs.
They however add that if the “SMART” agenda of the Governor is to be vigorously pursued, to attain its lofty height, then the study centre’s should be re-opened for a meaningful and conducive learning process so that they could graduate successfully to be masters of their own without seeking white collar jobs from the Government and other establishments.”
Some other graduates of the institution Miss. Edesiri Emokiniovo and Mr. Rekevwe Ufuoma who are presently on their own, appealed to government to revisit the situation urgently in other to prevent the students from going into crimes and prostitution since they are
presently idling away from home.
Meanwhile, at the time of filling this report the administrator of the Sapele centre Mr. Erewa was not available for his comment as he was said to have travelled to Asaba, to the Directorate of Youth and sports Ministry for official assignment putting up serious effort so
that the centre could be re-opened for learning.
