Doctorate degree holders of Eleme origin in Rivers State have begun a programme of meeting with secondary school students in the area with the aim of inspiring and empowering them to strive for academic excellence.
The maiden meeting took place on Tuesday at Alesa Comprehensive Secondary School, where the academic doctors gave inspiring speeches and issued cash awards to winners and participants of the debating contest organised at the event.
The President of Eleme Apex Academic Council, Dr. Joseph Obele, said the mission of the council to schools in Eleme was to inspire and encourage young students aim at reaching the apex of their academic careers.
He said it was also important that the students knew that they were endowed well enough to create wealth and jobs for themselves with their God-given talents and knowledge that they can acquire while studying.
The Special guest of the day, Dr. Igwe Aforji Obey, the member representing Eleme in the House of Assembly warned the students to shun crime and cultism if they desired to make it in life.
He revealed to them that a lot of people who went into cultism and crime early in life were cut short in their prime or were sent to prison.
He announced the award of N35,000 cash awards for scholarships to student that won prizes at the event and N20,000 to students that took part in the debates and contest held at the event. Schoolbags and other reading materials were distributed to the students.
Dr. Aforji said the event at Alesa would also be extended to all the ten political wards of Eleme.
