Several dignitaries from within and outside the State, including renowned Academicians and others over the weekend celebrated Distinguish Emeritus Prof Otonti Nduka at a 2- Day National Conference/Centenary Celebration On values education held at the Rivers state University in Port Harcourt.
However, the event witnessed the ‘who is Who’ in the academia, who shared their thoughts on the sub-theme: ‘Revitalizing Ethical and Moral Education’ delivered by the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Educational Research and Development Centre (NERDC), Prof. Salihu Shehu, represented by Dr Chima, a Director in the Centre.
Prof. Shehu explained that inculcating the right values in children will help build a better and safe society, maintaining that the centre is currently working to ensure that children acquire the right values that will help them build a better society because without value, the society is finished.
“What we are pushing at hand is to ensure the right values are properly entrenched in the school system,” he said and suggested that the way forward is to rebuild a system through the curriculum where value education will be built into all the ‘subjects of studies’, even as he lauded the celebrant Professor Emeritus Otonti Nduka on his 100th birthday.
Also speaking on the sidelines of the event, the President Ikwerre Professors Forum (IPF), Prof. Samuel C.Dike praised Professor Emeritus Otonti Nduka for his meaningful and dedicated life style, stressing that reaching a Centenary is a remarkable milestone and a testament not only to a long and blessd life but also to a legacy of wisdom, dedication and inspiration.
Prof. Dike insisted that the younger generation must go through the right history to learn because without history it is difficult to chart the right future.
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“And when history has been played with personality such as Prof. Otonti Nduka, it got a lot to learn from his wealth of experience,” he said.
