By CHARLES IWUOHA

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has applauded Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state over his administration’s giant strides and intervention in rivatalising the structure and condition of learning in 788 primary schools in the state within five years.

The commendation was contained in a statement on Thursday in Enugu jointly signed by Mr. Darlington Ugwege, Deputy Coordinator NANS Zone B and Mr. Romanus Ogene, NANS Joint Campus Committee Chairman Enugu State.

The statement was released after NANS Primary School Evaluation Tour in the 1,485 public primary schools in the state spread across its 17 council areas using over a 100 students’ teams strategically spread across the council areas.

It said that NANS had painstakingly traversed the state to assess every single primary school by ensuring detailed assessment, evaluation and subsequent data reportage while employing an organised system of documentation and representation of facts on ground.

It said that the tour stands as one initiative of the state leadership of NANS motivated by demands of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) – 4; aimed to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.

"The tour was designed to ascertain the level and extent of work so far done by the government of Gov Ugwuanyi through the Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB) from 2015 till date.

"It focused on bringing the government on the spot on areas of need and making recommendations where necessary.

"After collation of data from the 17 Local Governments in the state, it has been ascertained that our team visited and evaluated 1,481 primary schools.

"Out of the total number of schools evaluated, we noticed that 403 were in good condition already and needed not the intervention of the current administration.

"The administration of Gov Ugwuanyi, through the ENSUBEB, has intervened in both construction, renovation and furnishing of 788 primary schools out of 1078 schools in bad condition,’’ it said.

According to the statement, from our findings, it becomes safe to say that the Government of Gov. IUgwuanyi through ENSUBEB has equitably marshaled state resources to uphold the demands of the SDG-4 by a rating of 73 per cent.

"The leadership of NANS in Enugu State is moved to specially commend the efforts and commitment of Gov Ugwuanyi to the education of the people of the state for education remains the pillars of every civilised society.

“We are earnestly hopeful that this educational transformation will certainly go round, therefore we wish to seize this opportunity to also encourage His Excellency, Gov. Ugwuanyi, not to relent in his good works in the educational sector,’’ it added.

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