Only 4 days to the end of Permanent Voters Card collection, Imo State
Governor Rochas Okorocha has declared Thursday and Friday as work-free
days, to enable civil servants obtain Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).He
announced this when addressing head teachers and teachers in public
schools at the Imo International Conference Centre, Owerri.Okorocha said
workers and others, who had not collected their PVCs, should do so
during the holidays, to enable them vote, adding: “Vote and ensure your
votes are counted.”The governor said the meeting was aimed at discussing
the way forward for education, which he noted remained the policy
thrust of the state.“We want to ensure teachers are
equipped for qualitative education.”Okorocha hailed the teachers for
their contributions to the success of the free education.He said it was
their duty to monitor the pupils, “just as government has met its
obligations to teachers and civil servants through regular payment of
salary, pension and gratuity and promotion.”The governor said for the
first time, teachers were promoted to Level 17.“These and other welfare
packages have made strike a forgotten issue in the state.”He revealed
plans to introduce the production of raw materials by pupils, to
contribute to the agro-based industrial revolution.
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