The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) pledged continued support for education as an essential building block for individuals to reach their full potential and for societies and economies to grow and flourish.
The NDDC Director of Education, Awele Chukwudifu, while speaking during a sensitisation rally at Stella Maris College, Port Harcourt, observed that rapid technological developments, especially in Artificial Intelligence, had made many more goals achievable.
At the St. Mary’s Model School, where the NDDC also sensitised students, Chukwudifu said that as computer and AI-driven systems become more sophisticated, the boundaries between human intention and machine-driven action often blur, raising critical questions about how to preserve, redefine, and elevate human initiatives.
Magnus Anyanugo, a catholic ceric and Principal of Stella Maris College, thanked the NDDC for sensitising the students to the importance of education in a technology-driven world.
He commended the Commission for continuously extending development projects to the school, citing the installation of solar street lights as one such intervention.
Anyanugo also recalled that the NDDC recently sponsored the finals of the New WW White Football Tournament, which the college hosted.
At St. Mary’s Model School, the Headmistress, Chimezie Amarachi, a reverend sister, said that even with AI’s advantages, steps must be taken to ensure that humanity retains control over development and governance, stating that Artificial Intelligence must never replace the essential human elements of learning.
