It has consequently decided to invest in Nigerian
universities.
“The NDDC used to operate a scholarship scheme which was
suspended as fallout of the forensic exercise, but the process is now
undergoing a review.
“We cannot be sending people to study accountancy or law in
foreign universities; rather we can send someone to read forensic law as a
speciality that is not so available in Nigeria.
“We will spend those monies in our universities in the Niger
Delta to develop them and affiliate them with foreign universities,’’ Mr Udengs
Eradiri, said.
Eradiri, Special Assistant to Mr Effiong Akwa, Acting
Managing Director of the Commission, spoke at an event organised to commemorate
the World Youth Day in Calabar.
He said that rather than waste money to send youths to
foreign universities to study courses available in Nigeria, NDDC would rather
invest the money in universities in the Niger Delta region.
According to him, the gesture is to develop tertiary
institutions in the nation and affiliate them with their foreign counterparts
to make them Centres of Excellence to train thousands of Nigerians.
“On skills acquisition, NDDC is looking at the areas we have
a comparative advantage as a nation to build the capacity of the youths; these
areas include agriculture, the creative industry and manufacturing,” he said.
Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr Aminu Alhassan,
said many youths from good homes went into drugs and cultism out of curiosity
and bad association.
Alhassan urged youths to draw close to God and stay away
from drugs and cultism because it was easy to become an addict but difficult to
be rehabilitated
He spoke on “Drugs, cultism and social vices amongst
youths.”
Similarly, a parent Mrs Enwongo-Abasi Okon called on parents
to put their feet down in ensuring that they knew about the activities of their
children.
“It is easy to convince the children when they are still in
the secondary schools than when they get into universities; parents should stop
covering up their children engaged in various social vices.
“I think some mothers are trying, but fathers should step up
and be available as guides to their children, especially their sons.
“Their job is not just to be tyrants at home without
understanding the body language and changes in their children,” she noted.
The NDDC used the occasion to reward 20 students in Cross
River comprising of 10 boys and 10 girls with electronic devices to enhance
their education.
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