Admin l Sunday, April 28, 2019
UTURU, Abia, Nigeria – Determined to rescue it from extinction, old students of Uturu Secondary School, Uturu in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, have resolved to revamp and rehabilitate the school through provision of necessary facilities.
The old students under auspices of Uturu Secondary School , Old Students Association USS OSA in a meeting held on Easter Monday uninanimously agreed to revamp, rehabilitate and bring back to life, the lost glory of USS. They urged every person that passed through the college to contribute immensely towards realisation of saving the school from extinction.
The USS OSA resolved in the meeting held at the school premises to give scholarships to only three students left and first 50 students to register by September 2019 as part of its drive to attract numbers and restore the college’s past glory.
In the meeting which was a behives of activities , they also agreed to provide adequate security through peremeter fencing and hiring of security men for the protection of students and staff as well as property of the school.
According to a communique issued at the end of meeting signed by Dr. Francis Agu ,the USS OSA resolved to give automatic scholarship to the three existing students of USS and the first 50 to register in the school by September, 2019.
The old students further agreed to get quality teachers and National Youth Service Corp NYSC members, that would be motivated through welfare packages and provision of accommodation.They also resolved to provide improved academic environment for the benefits of the students and the town.
“We shall provide good security mechanism by fencing the school and provision of standard entrance and exit gates to regulate and contend with trespassers. We shall institute a monitoring system to ensure sustainability of the intervention programme and to ensure that students and teachers are academically engaged in order to produce result”they said.
However, during the meeting OSA instituted interim executive headed by Mr. Aloy Okezie as chairman, Dr Francis Uchenna Agu as Secretary, Ogele Chukwuma as Assistant Secretary, Ifeanyi Lebechi as Director of Finance, Boniface Chilaka as Director of Welfare, Titus Eleweke as Director of Publicity, Hon Kelechi Onyebueke as Director of Logistics and Anthonia Gold Uremgba as Treasurer.
Other highlights of the occasion include donations by various individuals and sets. At the meeting, members observed with great concern the challenges that have led to total drop in the number of students in school. Among the factors are increase in school fees, presence of the Methodist School, insecurity, none payment of teachers salaries by governmrnt, incessant strikes by teachers resulting in withdrawal of students by parents and fear of not being able to pass Senior School Certificate Examinations SSCE among other things.
Speaking shortly after the meeting Aloy Okozie ,while thanking the USS OSA members, called on them to rally round the executive to restore the past glory of the college. According to him, the college has produced who is who in the country and around the world, adding that there is no how it could be allowed to go extinct due some extraneous activities.
He commended the zeal shown by OSA towards revamping of USS which has only three students for now, a school that had over 5000 Students during his time.
“”We will address all the challenges facing the college because we all benefited from it. This is pay back time Which nobody should backout”he said.
