Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has presented a cheque of over 1.2 billion Naira to pensioners in his state.
Held at the Women Development Centre, Awka, the event which also coincided with the official launch of the State Education Programme Implementation Investment Project, SEPIP, by the World Bank had several pensioners in attendance.
Speaking to the audience, the State Commissioner for Local Government shared the Government’s operations towards delivering the dividends of democracy to the people.
Governor Peter Obi then presented a cheque of 1,244,137,696.83 Naira to the pensioners and an additional cheque to 150 public and private schools for infrastructural upgrade in the State Education Programme Implementation Investment Project, SEPIP.
The World Bank project targets the promotion of quality education especially in the core subjects like sciences and mathematics. The World Bank Country Director after being taken on a project inspection tour spoke more about the essence of the project.
“We need people who are good mathematicians, we need people who can do Computer Science, we need people who can read English, because it is a common language that is used everywhere. So in these critical subjects, we want to see that you are the best.”
The World Bank expressed optimism that the Anambra State Government’s approach of giving funds directly to the schools will promote accountability by entrusting the school management with the responsibility of delivering on targeted goals.