By
FIDELIS SUKINA
The Fly River Provincial Government of Western in
line with their development of human resource has paid the tutation fees
of students from Western at the
University of Papua New Guinea.
Governor for Western Ati Wobiro on Monday presented
a cheque worth K843, 024 to the University to pay tutation fees of 145 students
from the province.
He said 61 students at the main campus will receive
K477, 704.00, 24 Medical Faculty students K208, 320.00, and 60 students at the
Open campus will receive K157, 000.00
Mr Wobiro said that the funding was to help build
the human resource of the province and bring forth change and development.
“The only way forward for all provinces is to
develop its human resources, I believe this and that’s why we continue to fund
such initiatives, and for you students we want the best from you, don’t be just
another student be the best you can be in this institution” Wobiro said
He told the students to see the funding as a way to
improve and capitalize on their efforts and to keep away from too much socializing
“stop
socializing and start spending
this money to help turn around the province, the future of
Western is on your shoulders, you are not here for yourself, the whole tribe of western
is on your shoulders, be disciplined
attend classes and do well in your assessment” Wobiro said
Representative of Western students Meduwa Baku said
it was the first time for any Governor of the province to help with the full
tuition of the students and expressed much gratitude.
“we sincerely appreciate the full sponsorship since
politics no Governor has supported us fully until this time, 50% of the
students here, their parents don’t take part in commercial activities to earn
income and this has taken one of the burdens off them” Baku said
The Fly River Provincial Governor will also pay
tuition for all other Western students attending all other colleges and
tertiary institutions across the country once they get an updated list.
No comments:
Post a Comment