Senator Ibezim visits Senate leadership to promote basic education cause
Senator Ibezim visits Senate leadership to promote basic education cause
Senator Frank Ibezim representing Imo North, recently embarked on a series of courtesy visits to the leadership of the Senate to canvass further support for the cause of basic education through the promotion of the Class Room library shelves.
These visits were made to the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Abdullahi Yahaya respectively. This is following an earlier call to the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.
Senator Ibezim was accompanied by Renee Okocha, who is one half of the duo comprising the Okocha sisters, Renee and Zara. Both young ladies, aged seventeen and twenty-two respectively, have written and illustrated over forty-five books aimed at pupils in primary schools across Nigeria.
These books are part of the Class Room library project which has been approved by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council and distributed by the Universal Basic Education Commission. Further, the project has received the support of the Federal Ministry of Education.
Others who formed part of Senator Ibezim’s entourage include Mrs Noni Okocha and Mr Christopher Iroaganachi .
Mrs Noni Okocha is a director of the I Am the Future of Nigeria Youth Initiative (IFON), a youth-centred non-governmental organization founded by the Okocha sisters with the objective to re-mentalize and reposition the youth of Nigeria for greater achievements. Mr Christopher Iroaganachi is a member of the advisory board of IFON.
Ms Renee Okocha offered a brief explanation of her efforts, in union with her sister, Zara, to the principal officers of the hallowed chamber. She informed him of the fact that thirty units each of the Class Room library shelves have been distributed to all thirty-six states of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Senator Ibezim stated that the books addressed such important themes as bullying in schools, child sex abuse, financial literacy, Covid-19 and hygiene awareness as well as sharing and community development in general.
Ibezim sits on the Senate Committee on Basic Education and has lent immense support to the Classroom Library project. In bringing his visits to a close he thanked the leadership of the Senate for its untiring commitment to the cause of national repositioning through education, vowing to keep his focus until nationwide benefits are achieved for one and for all.
The leadership of the Senate expressed its pleasure in receiving the delegation. They respectively commended the young authors for their scholarly strides, commenting on the appropriate timing of such an initiative.
They complimented their colleague, Senator Ibezim on his laudable contributions of the Class Room library bookshelves to both his primary constituency and also to the IDP camp in Abuja.
They further promised to offer support for the project especially among their brother and sister Senators as well as to extend awareness of the project to members of the House of Representatives.
