2026: Ex- commissioner, Agbo urges Nwifuru to revitalize public schools

…..Recruit more teachers for govt. Schools 

By Uchenna Okeh Abakaliki 

The former commissioner for education, Prince Chibueze Agbo at the weekend tasked governor Francis Nwifuru to put more efforts to revitalize public schools in the thirteen local government areas of the state.

Agbo made this known while speaking with newsmen shortly after a statewide Thanksgiving service held at the new government house Chapel, centinary city Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Capitol.

According to him: “I am here in solidarity with the Governor as today is the general Thanksgiving service for the state. It is just barely his two years in office, 

“he is already laying the foundation and we pray that God will continue to give him the wisdom, good health and the resources needed to move Ebonyi state forward. 

“Now, if you can hear during his speech, that he lack power and all the problems

related to that. He said he is trying to make sure he fix them. 

“So, we pray that God will give us the resources and the well-withal. As he said, he must have wronged a lot of people but he said he is not the one doing it.

“It may be because of the demands of the office. So, we are happy that we are united. As he said, you can see all the former Governors here. 

Starting from the former governor, Sam Egwu,  governor Martin Elechi, Governor David Umahi and then the present Governor, Francis Nwifuru are all here for this thanksgiving service.

Prince Agbo, however advised governor Francis Nwifuru to recruit a think-tank group that will help him in the formulation, execution and enforcement of State polices, that invariably will advance development in the state.

“Yes, really. He (Nwifuru) needs a think tank that will always assist him in most of the issues.

“Like now he talked of bringing all the people from other states to be in Ebonyi. There should be a sort of a scheme for that. 

“It’s going to be a gradual process. Bring all of them back once. When that amount to not actually getting the project or the intention right.

“So, I believe he still needs a think tank that will always guide him in most of the things. Like his commissioners, he should always give them listening ears.

“Like the Elders, like former governor Elechi, Umahi and Sam Egwu, they were there before him. Thank God he is also getting ideas from them. 

“So, I hope, by God’s grace, Ebonyi will be better, Ebonyi will progress. The unity and peace in Ebonyi will continue.

That’s my prayer for the whole state. 

He emphasized the need of revitalizing educational sector to meet up with the international standards.

“Yes, I’ve been talking of basic education. Basic education in the state is something he should do something about. We go to most of the government secondary schools, private schools. 

“You see that they’ve been taken over by weeds. Of recent, about 1,500 teachers have been employed.

“We have over that number of schools in the state. When you put the secondary school, we have about 200 plus. Then the primary schools, which is over 1,000.

So, 1,500 teachers will not be enough, certainly.I’m also happy he’s building some infrastructure like classrooms and others. But teachers, we need teachers in our schools.”There’s no guessing about that.We need them both in quality and in quantity” he stressed.