Senator solicits investment on citizens’ education

…Gives support to 50 law students
The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has said that government at all levels should invest more in the education of its citizens.

Senator Abe particularly called on the Rivers State Government to give its youths second to none education as an oil-bearing area.

He stated this during the 5th edition of his Annual Law School Students Support Scheme held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, in which a fresh set of 50 Law Students benefited from the scheme.

The Senator said he initiated the scheme in memory of his experiences when he was going to law school in 1986 and his father had no money to give to assist him.

He said, “When I went to law school in 1987, my father at that time was alive, but then he was a member of the NPN and after the coup that took NPN out, my father was arrested and detained, his accounts were frozen and all his properties were seized.

“He became very broke and had no money, but he was determined that I should be a lawyer. It was my elder sister that gave me a post dated cheque for twenty thousand naira,” Senator Abe stated.

He added that the token he was giving in support of prospective lawyers was to also encourage others who could do whatever little they could to know that no effort could be too much or too little as far as education was concerned.

He pointed out that what defined the child was the quality of opportunity that available to the child and urged the beneficiaries to work hard and be determined despite whatever condition they found themselves at any given time.

Senator Abe continued: “If you are determined and you are hard working, you can actually bring out the best in yourself.

And the best of everybody is in the stars,” he said, urging them to avoid sharp practices or easy way to success as such ways would actually restrict their abilities.