Odi—Senator Douye Diri, the executive governor of Bayelsa State, has appealed to the federal government to build a permanent site for the Federal Government College, Odi in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area and relinquish the old site to its rightful owners, Government Secondary School, Odi.
Governor Diri made the appeal in a reception held in his honour by his former classmates of the 1981 Set at Government Secondary School, Odi.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, quoted governor Diri as saying:
“I join Barr. Preye Agedah to request that the Government Secondary School, Odi, that was ceded to the Federal Government College be returned. I call on the Federal Government to build a new school and return it to the Government Secondary School.
“I also call on all old GSS students to take steps for relocation of the school to its original premises. I am sure those mud houses under which we were taught are no longer there. Those are monuments. Unfortunately, we do not know how to preserve history that we would hand over to our children.”
The governor described his former teachers as role models and called for
support and development of the school.
He also directed the commissioners in charge to commence work on the school’s perimeter fencing, renovation of science laboratory and update of the its library, among other requests.
Governor Diri announced the establishment of a foundation saddled with the responsibility of granting scholarship to best graduating students of the school.
Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Barr. Preye Agedah, in his welcome address, thanked God for blessing members of the set with a governor.
