By Amos Aar
THE MASEV Development Association (MDA) under the leadership of Prof. Vitalis Tarhule, on Friday commissioned a multi-million-naira block of four classrooms completed by the Association at the Masev Community Secondary School (MCSS), Taraku, Gwer East LGA of Benue State in order to resuscitate the once moribund school.
House of Representatives member for Gwer/Gwer West at the National Assembly, Hon. Asema Achado, who performed the commissioning ceremony through ACG Peter Pevigyo (rtd), commended MDA for reviving the school and urged Masev sons and daughters to ensure that the school does not go moribund again.
Hon. Achado also tasked teachers and learners on high quality teaching and digital learning as well as parents on prompt payment of school fees for the development of the school as he promised to look into series of problems affecting the school.
Earlier, the President General of MDA, Prof. Vitalis Tarhule, recalled that MCSS was dead with zero student population, until MDA renovated a block of three classroom in August 2022 and as a result, a number of five hundred and ten (510) students were enrolled for the 2022/2023 session, but the school urgently required additional classrooms owing to inadequate of learning and teaching facilities.
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Prof Tarhule, who is also incumbent Dean of Postgraduate School at the Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi said that MDA thought it wise, to embark on the multimillionaire classrooms block through the commonwealth of Masev people.
On the dedication of the block to Hon. Justice Aondover Kakaan, the immediate past Chief Judge of Benue State, and “the first Masev man to have risen to the position of Judge of a High Court”, Tarhule said it was for Kaka’an to “serve as a role model for students to emulate his accomplishments to the greater glory of the Masev Nation”.
In his remarks, the Honourable Justice Kaka’an commended Prof. Tarhule led MDA NEC for not putting the Masev nation to shame, assuring of bigger opportunities Masev nation and Prof Tarhule in the nearest future having proven his leadership prowess. Justice Kaka’an stressed the need for MDA to upgrade and install computers at the school to ensure that students who graduate from the school are computer literate.
Justice Kaka’an used the occasion to warn against encroachment on the school land and called for watertight security to guard against theft and destruction of the school’s facilities.
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Also speaking, member representing Gwer Constituency at the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon. Elias Audu, said he would liaise with the state government to increase teachers and he would also facilitate the building of an ICT block at the school as part of his constituency project.
Principal of the school, Mr David Natu, while welcoming guests expressed gratitude to MDA for its intervention, and called for more assistance in the areas of employment of teachers, upgrading of the ICT centre of the school with modern computers for online transmission of examination results, establishment of science laboratory, power supply, library, sporting facilities, water supply and other important needs.
In his remarks, the Chairman Board of Trustees (BOT) of MCSS Taraku Prof. James Apam, assured of BOT’s sustained support to develop MCSS, Taraku so that the students schooling there would become well educated like some of them who have attained professorial status.
In their separate goodwill messages, some former headboys of the school; Apostle Dr Mtswenem Tor David, and Hon Justice Fidelis Iortyer, expressed joy that their alma mater has come back to life and promised unalloyed support for the development of the school.
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Speaking on behalf of the Gwer Traditional Council, the Ter Gwer, HRH Chief Dr Dominic Akpe, represented by the Mue Ter Masev, HRH Clement Kulugh, called on Masev sons and daughters at home and in the diaspora to support the school to enable their younger ones acquire education, while Mue Ter Ngyohov, HRH John Wende, said he would lead Masev Chiefs to support MCSS to grow excellently in every department and institutional establishments.
The newly commissioned block was blessed by Rev. Fr Humphrey Boyo, the Priest in charge of St Patrick’s parish, Taraku.
