Leadership (Abuja)
Larry Onwuta
2 January 2009
Awka — Anambra State government has announced the immediate return of schools to its owners. Some of the school immediately handed over in the first phase of the exercise are: Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha; Girls Secondary School, Onitsha; Christ the King College, Onitsha; Queen of the Rosary Collage, Onitsha; Mater Amabilis Secondary School, Umuoji; Girls Secondary School, Umudioka; St. Peters Secondary School, Achina; All Saints Secondary School, Umuneze; Girls Secondary School, Ozubulu; Girls Secocndary School, Nnewi; Boys Secondary School, Oraifite; Comprehensive Secondary School, Nawfia and Girls Secondary School, Awka;
Others are; St. John of God Secondary School, Awka; St Mary's High School, Ifite Dunu; St. Michael's Model Comprehensive Secondary School, NImo and Loretto Special Science School, Adazi.
The governor, who announced the return of these schools in a new year broadcast said that the return was part of his government's policy of strengthening partnership with non-governmental sectors. He said the handover was also part of efforts of the government to raise academic and moral standards in schools.
The governor, who thanked the people of Anambra State for their support in 2007 and 2008, appealed for their continued support and cooperation in 2009.
On his part, he pledged continued policies and programes that will ultimately benefit everyone. He said that government would continue to protect the interest of the people and that the executive will soon send a bill to the House to make kidnapping a capital offence.
The governor added that government would focus on the aggressive clean-up of Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha within the first quarter, saying that the Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency (ANSEPA) had been reorganised for the job and charged traders to keep their markets clean or risk their markets being closed.
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