EUROPEAN UNION (EU) PARTNERS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND (EDTF) ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR TEACHERS
The Ambassador of the European Union to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Ms. Samuela Isopi at the Embassy in Abuja commended the good works of the Bayelsa State Education Development Trust Fund Board (EDTF), an Interventionist board set up to critically address the challenges in the educational sector.
The EU Ambassador who commended the great development initiatives under the present administration in the State, said they had included Bayelsa State in their educational intervention project to build the capacity of teachers in the 2023 programme schedule.
Discussions also centered on attracting investments to tap the gas potential of the State, youth engagement, security and ensuring peaceful 2023 general election.
Governor Diri who has invited the EU Ambassador to visit Yenagoa for further engagement assured that his government was taking proactive steps to tackle security issues both on land and in the maritime domain.
He said that the newly established State Safety Corps would engage over 6,000 youths across the State as security volunteers and that he has appointed a tested retired Brigadier-General in the Army to head the corps to achieve efficiency.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of the Bayelsa State Education Development Trust Fund (EDTF), Dr. (Mrs.) Alice A. Atuwo had solicited the EU’s intervention in critical aspects of the state education.
Dr. Atuwo said enhancing capacity building for teachers and administrators is part of the Fund’s strategic plan in the education sector.