The immediate past political leader of Udung Uko and Clan head-elect of Okpo Clan in Udung Uko local government area, Offong Bassey Etim Edet has called for commensurate funding to promote sport alongside adequate investment on educational excellence of our children.
According to him sporting advancement the world over is fast becoming not only a unifying force but a money-spinning and physical development exercise for participants right from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions.
Offong Bassey Etim Edet, a two-time Chairman of both Udung Uko and former Oron local government councils, was speaking at this year’s Inter-House Sports competition of Community Secondary School, Udung Uko last weekend.
Represented by the Media Consultant to Udung Uko Traditional Rulers’ Council and Akwa Ibom State Chairman of League of Veteran Journalists, Chief Emmanuel Esifa, Offong Edet who was the Chairman of the occasion remarked that total concentration on “book work” to the detriment of sport activities and games may not only reduce the pupils’ and students’ overall performance, but that regular and constant exercise is very vital to the nervous and physical system.
The royal father, while commending the untiring and spectacular effort of the current principal general of Udung Uko Community Secondary School, Elder Asukwo J. Offong passionately appealed to both the local, state and federal government as well as viable organizations and public spirited individuals to come to the aid of the school in order to complement the excellent pursuit of the school management.
Offong Bassey who is the presiding member of Udung Uko Traditional Rulers’ Council while promising to visit the school regularly to assess the tempo of the institution’s development, similarly assured the staff and students of his fullest support.
He advised the student to shun cultism and abhor negative tendencies and avoid vices that could ruin their carrier and attract abomination to both the hard-earned creditable name of the school and their families.
In his address, the principal general of the school Elder Asukwo J. Offong reeled the strings of success stories of the Udung Uko Community Secondary School since his assumption of duties and attributed the feat to the infectious harmony and commendable working relationship existing between the staff and students.
Elder Offong recalled with enthusiasm that the school won first position in Arts/Science competition held in the state capital, Uyo in 2014 with an award of a metal shield for office use as well as a breaking record of 78% in WASSCE and NECO Examinations in the year under review.
According to Elder Offong who is reputed to be one of the best hands in college administration by his contemporaries of the Old Methodist Boys High School, Oron, his recent effort in providing more and sustainable infrastructural facilities to Udung Uko Community Secondary School paid off with the three functioning bore holes sunk in the school premises.
While advocating sufficient and enduring partnership between the school management, well-placed indigenes of Udung Uko, elected and appointed prominent sons and daughters of Udung Uko alongside the state, federal government and multi-national organizations, Elder Offong listed the challenges facing the school to include lack of teachers in core subjects such as Mathematics, English language, Physics, Geography among others, and also lamented that dearth of laboratory equipment; absence of perimeter fence were posing serious setback to the institution.
Also speaking, the PTA chairman, Mr. Wilson Uya (JP) enjoined all and sundry including government and private agencies to come and assist the school financially and morally to uplift the already commenced efforts reposition the institution to became a source of best education for Udung Uko sons and daughters. He commended the Vice principal, Mr S.A Umiom for excellent planning of the meet.
At the end of the highly competitive sports fiesta some budding talents were spotted and recommend for higher participation at the State and National levels even as Blue House emerged overall winner with 327 points beating Yellow, White, Pink, Green and Red Houses which came along in that order.
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