The Bayelsa Educational Trust Fund, (EDTF), has solicited partnership with the media in advancing the frontiers of education in the state.
The Chairman of EDTF, High Chief Fidelis Agbiki stated this on Thursday when he led the Executive Secretary, Prof Ebimieowei Etebu and other members of the newly inaugurated Board on a familiarization visit to the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel, of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council.
Agbiki who is also the Chairman of the Publicity and Sensitization Committee of the Board, said as critical stakeholders, it became imperative upon their inauguration in October 2025 to introduce the new board to journalists and solicit the cooperation of the media, who he noted has been a partner of the board since its inception.
He said: “We are here to introduced the new board, which is the third since the inception of the EDTF and thanked the media for your support and solicit continued partnership and cooperation, understanding and cooperation. We have come here to introduced ourselves to you, that the relationship we have built over time should be sustain. When you are a friend of the press you are a friend of the community.”
On his part, the Executive Secretary of EDTF, Etebu, plead with the media to always project the activities of the Board in a way and manner that will engender unity, development and growth
He said: “We are new but not new to the educational sector. I have always had a passion to see how I can develop the youths and younger generation. I took this position over 30 years ago that whatever role I can play to better the lot of our youths in our society, I will do it, because once you have a vibrant youth, that society has a future.
“When that group of people in the society are educated, that society has a bright future but when that section derails then we have a time bomb. So that has been my driving force.
“So when I was called upon to be the Executive Secretary of this Board, that is one thing that inspired me. We want to plead with you people that have the ears of the public, please I am calling on you to project the activities of the board in a way and manner that will engender unity, development and growth.”
In his remark , the Chairman of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel, Tife Owolabi, commended the EDTF for the visit and for holding the media in high esteem and urged them to always make their doors open to journalists to confirm, verify and cross check facts.
