DBS Essay Season 2: You've no reason to disappoint your parents, Etaluku charges students ~ Truth Reporters

*As DSC Technical High School emerges overall best

Awurun, Holy Crest College wins best essay writer    

The Chairman,  Delta  State State  Post Primary Education Board, PPEB, Mrs. Christiana Etaluku says students doesn't have any reason to  or what soever as excuse to disappoint their parents in their pursuit of learning especially with necessary support provided for them by their parents and guardians. 

Mrs. Etaluku gave this charge Thursday May 26 during the grand finally of this year's Delta Broadcasting Service Warri Season 2 Essay  writing completion held at Staff Nursery and Primary School Hall, Federal Government College, Warri, she  stressed that education is never a scam, that  it is the person that doesn't want to read that's a scam, the PPEB Chairman,  urged children to shun drugs,  

 cultism  and other negative vices that may truncate their future just as she congratulated the winners. 

General Manager/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Delta Broadcasting Service, Warri, PST. Malcolm Oteri reiterated the commitment  to show the  people and students  better way  forward through education in order to cause positive change in the society.

According to PST. Oteri "We have to add value to our peoples lives,  change the narrative by impacting on human lives with education", he assured that the competition will always get better in the next season, imploring  students to be dedicated to their studies because they are the leaders to look up to in the nearest future.

While commending DBS, Warri for the essay competition,  an educationist  and former Commissioner in the  Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission,  DESOPADEC,  Dr. Henry Ofa,  appealed to  the organizers  to add mathematics to the  competition, he promised  to continually support  the essay writing competition. 

Dr. Ofa noted that  education  

enables easy leadership of the people and that it  remains the best rock of the society for positive development, stressing  that Nigeria need meaningful education to reduce the  burden in  governance both in the as state down to local government Areas and in all sectors.

Coordinator DBS Warri essay  writing competition, Jennifer Orugbo, disclosed that the competition is aimed at enhancing right thinking and creative ability of students in promoting academics excellence.

Orugbo expressed satisfaction for the awareness and participation of students, according to her 450 students  registered for the competition 320 participated leading to three different rounds that produced overall winners both in junior and secondary categories.

DSC Technical High School emerged best performing school both in senior and junior categories, whil,   Awurun Esther of Holy Crest College took the star prize of the essay competition with 92 points winning 200 Thousand Naira Scholarship, Birikuro Emmanuel Ayibakuro of Word of Faith Secondary School came Second winning 150 thousand and Jephthah Juwon also clinched  third position with award of 50 thousand Naira.

The Junior category, Etobamre Iruoghene Martilda, DSC Technical  High School, first position with award of 150 thousand, Beniku-Ejebe Hananel, Word of Faith Schools second runner up  won 100 thousand Naira and Amiworu Previous took the third position with scholarships awarded to all recipients as well as free  adverts to winning schools for one week by DBS Warri both on Delta Rainbow Television and Melody FM 88.6 offered by the General Manager, PST. Oteri.

Lots of consolation prizes was presented to many schools that participated in the competition,  Former Chairman NUT Warri South, Comrade Ishmael Ikuejawa, Chief Pius Omasanuwa, Dr. Jeroh Ejayeta  and others commended the organizers of the completion.