…As principal begs for palliatives
By: Felix Ikpotor
No fewer than 75 persons have benefitted from the second batch of the oversea scholarship sponsored by the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM) in Port Harcourt, Apostle Chubuzor Chinyere.
While handing over admission letters to the beneficiaries, Apostle Chinyere said the gesture is geared towards ending poverty and boosting human capital development amongst youths in the country.
He further stated that the church plans to open a special school for children who are suffering from autism and down syndrome in the state, stressing that the children with special needs require quality education to excel.
“My dream is to pull as many people that are down and take them up so that when I am no longer there, there would be so many successful people that would say God used his servant to help me and today look at where I am,” he said.
He said the scholarship is purely for those that can’t afford it in the society and the beneficiaries would be studying in universities in United Kingdom, Poland and Turkey.
Added: “ there is a particular illness that has been dealing with children, this down syndrome and autism. You find out that those from the rich home have a special school that they attend and the school is very expensive because the teachers are professionals, but the poor, some even throw away the children or leave the children to languish. But by the grace of God we have started recruitment of teachers. We want to start a full and free autism and down syndrome by next month”.
He said the school is going to be open for those who have children with autism and down syndrome.
Meanwhile, principal of the Special School for Handicap Children in old Port Harcourt Township, Frederick Amachree has appealed to government and well meaning individuals to remember the school and provide palliatives in the pandemic period.
Amachree said students in the school are in urgent need of support from government and individuals, stressing that the special school have been left out since the pandemic started.
He said: “ people should remember special school for handicapped children as they give support for the COVID-19. I am calling on the state government and corporate bodies, philanthropic individuals to please remember the school when they are sharing palliatives to people”.
