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Community appeals to government for school development

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The people of Iyere Community in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State are calling the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu not to abandon any ongoing projects in their community primary school, especially, Ayoride Baptist Primary School.

This was disclosed by the Chairman, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Mr Olatoye Saibu, during a town hall meeting held in the community with a Non-Governmental Organization, ” Connected Development” from Abuja.
Saibu, urged the state government to fast-track the project so that it could be delivered as soon as possible for the betterment of their pupils.

“We are appealing to the government that what happened during the previous administrations should not repeat itself because the projects have been abandoned for almost three months now.

“Our pupils are being taught under the tree and some are taken to nearby church premises to study, which is not conducive enough for learning.”

“Even last week, a snake bit one of our pupils here when they were receiving lecture under the tree and it took the grace of God for the child to survive it”.

Mr Omotola Ebenezer, an elder in the community called on the government to save lives of their pupils by facilitating the work.

“Some politicians came from Akure to see the project but up till today, nothing has been done. Our children are still staying in dilapidated buildings.

“It is alarming for us to start waiting for good three to four months without seeing any development being carried out by contractors.

“I met with the headmaster sometime ago and he was complaining that he didn’t even know the contractors, which makes tracing them a serious problem.

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“Though I believe that when the project is completed, the suffering of today will become enjoyment of tomorrow and our people will enrol their pupils in the school, Ebenezer noted.

Speaking at the meeting, Senior Programme Manager in Connection Development, Mr Chambers Umezulike, said that the NGO would do its best to see that the projects are completed as scheduled by the government.

Umezulike noted that the projects were under the 2014/2015 Conditional Grant Scheme and implemented by the state government.

“Our findings show that government has approved drilling of a motorised borehole, construction of school toilet with cargo texture, construction of a block of six classrooms, provision of 2.5 kvh solar power inverter with solar system and construction of perimeter fencing of the school.

“Actually, we learnt that fund has already been approved while the contractor handling it has been mobilised by the state government.

“We are going to follow up on the issues to the end to know what really happened to the abandon projects.

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