OGINIBO, DELTA STATE— In a significant intervention for rural education, the Delta State Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Hon. Izeze Rume Reuben, in collaboration with FOOSTODEY Associates, has totally sponsored the National Examination Council (NECO) registration costs for 65 final-year students at Oginibo Secondary School.
The effort, valued at over 2.2 million, aims to minimize the financial concern on moms and dads and make sure that no trainee in the neighborhood is rejected the opportunity to sit for the senior secondary certificate assessment.
The sponsorship follows a tactical effort led by the Commissioner to reactivate the school’s NECO evaluation centre, which had been formerly shut off.
After an assessment by the NECO zonal office in 2025, the centre was restored to official status, permitting students to take their tests in your area for the first time in years.
The intervention started when the Commissioner’s attention was drawn to the deactivation of the school’s exam centre by his Unique Assistant, Tisha Ejekanshe Matthew.
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Following the effective restoration of the centre, Izeze and FOOSTODEY Associates vowed to cover the 33,850 registration fee for each of the 65 pioneering prospects.
Representing the sponsors during an address at the school, Mr. Matthew urged the recipients to justify the investment through scholastic quality.
“You should remain focused, kind reading groups, and prepare diligently,” he encouraged, keeping in mind that the goal of the sponsorship is to create an equal opportunity for students in rural Oginibo and its neighboring locations.
While celebrating the sponsorship, the School Principal, Evelyn Omejevwe-Ejiofor, raised an important alarm regarding the state of grassroots education.
She noted that regardless of the Commissioner’s personal contributions which include paying allowances for community instructors for the previous two years, the school remains precariously understaffed.
The Principal called on the Delta State Federal government to declare a “state of emergency situation” in grassroots education to resolve the scarcity of certified subject instructors in rural communities.
The total sponsorship package of 2,200,250 has been referred to as “life-altering” by the school management, as many of the beneficiaries’ parents would have struggled to satisfy the deadline.
The gesture enhances a growing trend of “community-first” philanthropy among public workplace holders in the state.
The school principal concluded by attracting other stakeholders to emulate the Commissioner’s example, stressing that facilities and examination fees are only part of the equation; the recruitment of permanent, competent instructors stays the most important need for long-term academic success in Oginibo.