Children’s Day: PHED Organises Quiz Competition for Rivers Schools

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt

As part of activities to celebrate Children’s Day, the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) organised a quiz competition for government-owned secondary schools in Rivers.

Participants in the competition included Community Secondary School, Rumuapara; Community Secondary School, Okoronudo; Model Secondary School, GRA; Government Secondary School, Borokiri; and Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Rumukwurisi.

The participants selected from SS 1 and SS 2 were given an opportunity to compete in mathematics, English, science, social science, general subjects and current affairs.

At the end of the exercise, which was held at the headquarters of PHED in Port Harcourt, Community Secondary School, Rumuapara, emerged winner beating Government Secondary School, Borokiri and Community Secondary School, Okoronudo, who came second and third, respectively.

Speaking at the programme, the Managing Director of PHED, Dr. Benson Uwheru, said as part of its renewed effort to deepen its customer relationship further, it decided to improve its corporate social responsibility by hosting an inter-school quiz competition for government-owned secondary schools in Rivers.

Represented by the Chief People’s Officer, Micah Ledee, Uwheru said the competition was a way of giving back to society. He stressed that PHED had been repositioned as a people-oriented organisation, where electricity customers are treated as kings.

The PHED boss explained that the company is trying to redeem the trust after being seen in a bad light, saying through reaching out to students who will be the vanguard of the rebranded company, it at least reach every person in the street to collaborate support in every business, home and schools.

Also speaking, PHED Head of Corporate Communications, Olubukola Ilevbare, urged other organisations to emulate the Port Harcourt disco in promoting and supporting public schools.

“We deliberately went to public schools because we know there are intelligent kids in those schools, too,” stated Ilevbare. “The process was a thorough process, and I hope that the government will continue to pay more attention to our public schools because, truly, there are a lot of hidden talents there.”