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SEMA distributes instructional materials to Edo schools

The materials were donated to the state government by the Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency in conjunction with the Edo SUBEB.

• July 18, 2022
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The Edo State Emergency Management Agency (Edo SEMA) has distributed instructional materials to schools for special education.

Mary Omogbare, a spokesperson for Edo SEMA, said this in a statement on Monday in Benin, the state’s capital.

MS Omogbare said the materials were donated to the state government by the Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency in conjunction with the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board.

She said Carol Odion, the functioning director, Edo SEMA, who handed over the materials to the head teachers, called on the schools to put the materials to proper use.

She said the items distributed included notebooks, pencils, biro, sharpeners, white marker boards, colour pencils and stockings.

Others were shoes, bags, food flasks, water bottles, measurement rulers, erasers and marker board pens. 

(NAN)

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