A video has surfaced showing primary school pupils in Edo
kneeling to plead with the state government to address the deplorable condition
of their school.
In the now-viral footage, a man who is believed to be a
member of the yet-to-be-known community where the school is located lambasted
the state government.
The schoolkids could also be seen in the video standing
outside their classrooms which were in terrible condition.
The man accused the state government of abandoning the
community and refusing to renovate the “only school which has served the
community for years”.
He said the school alerted the local government authorities
but was told to “relocate the children to two communities away from here”.
In the video, the community member alongside the pupils went
on their knees to plead with the government to come to their aid and refurbish
the school.
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“The school will soon collapse but the government is not
doing anything. The teachers have been managing to teach but this morning,
three classrooms collapsed,” he said.
“The children and teachers are afraid and cannot enter the
classrooms because of the possibility that the building will collapse.
“They just called the
secretary to the local government for education and told them about the
condition of the school but they said the children should be relocated to
another primary school.
“This was the school that we attended for many years but our
children cannot go to school anymore. The government is not doing anything
about it.
“What did our children do to deserve this? The secretary
said they cannot do anything about the situation. They said we should relocate
the children to two communities away from here.
“How will our children trek such long distance? Our children
are kneeling and begging the government to do something about this issue.”
Last modified: October 19, 2023
