DR. OTUARO: EMPOWERING MINDS AND REBUILDING THE NIGER DELTA THROUGH FORMAL EDUCATION-Nurturing the seeds of Education in Foreign Lands-

He walks with the calm of a man who knows the road before setting foot on the journey.  

Dr. Dennis Otuaro is not a gambler who wins by chance,  

he is a captain with a clear compass in the storm,  

a round peg in a round hole,  

fitting his mission to the shape of the Niger Delta’s needs  

with the certainty of daylight chasing away night.  

This October, he steps cross the seas to London,  

not for leisure, not to hide in grand halls,  

but to meet his students -- young sons and daughters of the Niger Delta,  

those who carry the amnesty vision in their minds and books.  

He comes like a father visiting children in far lands,  

not forgetting them after sending them abroad,  

but checking if the seeds he planted  

are growing strong in the gardens of foreign soil.  

For him, planting hope is not enough;  

he must tend the roots, clear the weeds, and water the dreams.  

When Dr. Otuaro sits with his scholars in that London hall,  

it will not be a cold meeting of speeches and papers;  

it will be warm, like fire shared in the cold,  

voices blending in honest talk about progress and challenges.  

He will listen, he will guide, he will remind them  

that education is the golden key  

which can open the iron gates keeping prosperity away from the Niger Delta.  

His hands carry hope like fresh palm wine  

poured into the cups of young minds thirsty for change.  

He believes, with a heart carved from truth,  

that books can be stronger than bullets,  

that classrooms can heal what conflict has broken.  

The theme of the day -- "Empowering Minds, Rebuilding the Niger Delta through Formal Education'

is more than words to him;  

it is the song of his journey, the path of his purpose.  

He is building bridges across waters,  

joining the creeks of his homeland to the streets of London,  

so the world will know the Niger Delta not as a place of trouble,  

but as a land of promise, vision, and rising stars.  

We rain praises upon Dr. Otuaro like showers on thirsty soil,  

for his thoughts run deep like the River Nun,  

feeding the roots of a new Niger Delta  

where young men and women will rise like the morning sun  

over the calm waters of peace and prosperity.  

Dr. Otuaro’s name is a drumbeat in our hearts,  

a rhythm of hope, a song of tomorrow.  

He is a leader whose path is lit with the fire of purpose,  

whose steps are sure, whose vision is clear,  

and whose mission is written in the wide skies  

above the mangroves and creeks he calls home.  

EBIKABOWEI KEDIKUMO - writes from Ayakoromo Town, Delta State

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