An indigenous oil firm, Oriental Energy Resources Limited, has commissioned a school project, completed with necessary facilities at Saint Monica Primary School, Ibuot Utan, Effiat, in the Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom.
’We embarked on the project in this community for two reasons. Firstly, we fully recognise that education is a human right. As such, we passionately believe that every child has a right to education from the primary level to higher levels of education. This is evident, for example, in our annual university scholarship awards for undergraduate students,” he explained.
Similarly, the Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Education, Lady Rose Bassey, who represented the Commissioner for Education in the state, Mrs Idongesit Etiebet, said the administration of Governor Emmanuel Udom was committed to quality education. Also speaking, the Commissioner for Power and Petroleum Development, Dr John James Etim, said, “Oriental Energy has proven to be a responsible corporate citizen and a partner to the state. Their social investment in the education sector is incomparable.”