By Austin Ogwuda
She was allegedly accused of marchandising with the portrait issue which actually is the convention to have both the pictures of a sitting governor placed side by side with incumbent Commissioner hung at school Principal offices not only in Delta but nationwide.
“I did not produce any official portrait to be sold to schools across the State.
“As Commissioner for Secondary Education”, she went on, “I don’t accept money from anybody for any matter. I am doing my job as prescribed to me and we setup an education taskforce to ensure proper monitoring of our schools.
“We have over 490 secondary schools across Delta State. So effective monitoring and supervision, I put a taskforce in place to assist.
“They have a mandate to checkmate teachers to ensure that they are doing their work. There is a standing directive that there should be morning and afternoon assembly in schools”.
Also to her defence was the President, Association of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, Delta State Chapter, Sir Christian Ahweyevu, who said: “It is quite disheartening to read that ANCOPSS wants to shut down Schools in Delta State because of baseless accusations against the Hon. Commissioner for Education, Mrs Rose Ezewu.
“As the new President of ANCOPSS Delta State, I Christian Orakpo Ahweyevu make bold to write on behalf of all members that there was never a time that ANCOPSS Delta State took such a decision because we have never experienced extortion of any kind from the Hon. Commissioner.
“We are in good working relationship with her. Those invisible people should kindly desist from peddling such fake and baseless stories. We will not fold our hands to allow some self-centered people to drag the good image of ANCOPSS Delta State and cordial relationship with the Hon. Commissioner to the mud.
We will continue to stand by our Commissioner and work in harmony to better the standard of education in Delta State”, said the ANCOPSS boss.
