Students of the Odogunyan Junior and
Senior Grammar Schools in Ikorodu, Lagos, on
Thursday decried bad roads and lack of
drainage channels in the area. Some of them said in Lagos that the
dilapidation of Spintex Industrial Road,
Odogunyan, caused flooding of the school
premises anytime there was rainfall. The students also said that potholes on the
dilapidated road got filled with flood during
rainfall, causing them to fall down. They said that they were tired of wading
through flood and falling into the potholes. An SS3 student, Master Wisdom Donald, told
NAN that the Spintex Industrial Road had been
in a bad state for years. “This road has been like this; whenever rain
falls, all the water flows into our classrooms
because there are no gutters. “We want the state government to help us
because we always suffer during rainy season. A JS3 pupil, Master Isaac Ogbadu, said: “We fall
in the mud and dirty water if rain starts when
we are on the way to school. “We want the government to fix the road,” he
said. Christian Azuka and Sarah Akaeze, SS3 and SS1
students, respectively, also appealed to the
state governments to construct drains and fill
the potholes to reduce the hardship faced by
the students and other road users. A teacher in one of the schools, who refused to
mention his name, also regretted the situation. “Water enters the JS1 and JS2 classrooms; the
students virtually sit on the water because
water submerged the seats. “The situation is so bad, but we are not allowed
to talk to the press as workers of the Lagos
State Government,” he said. Mrs Remilekun Okunniyi, a parent of a pupil in
the nearby Zuratul Islamiyan Primary School –
which is also flooded during rainfall – said:
“Sometimes, we do not allow our children to
come to school if the rain is much. “We also hurry to pick them because flood will
cover the compound, if the rain is heavy. “Gov. Fashola should help us to construct
gutters on this Spintex Industrial Road to save
our children,” she said. Prince David Emmanuel, Proprietor of the
Queen Aina Private School, Odokekere, whose
school bus got stuck on the road, also appealed
for the government’s intervention. Miss Toyosi Dolapo, a JS3 student of the Living
Stone College, who helped pupils to cross the
road told NAN, “We are suffering; children go
to school in fear anytime it rains.” (NAN)
Senior Grammar Schools in Ikorodu, Lagos, on
Thursday decried bad roads and lack of
drainage channels in the area. Some of them said in Lagos that the
dilapidation of Spintex Industrial Road,
Odogunyan, caused flooding of the school
premises anytime there was rainfall. The students also said that potholes on the
dilapidated road got filled with flood during
rainfall, causing them to fall down. They said that they were tired of wading
through flood and falling into the potholes. An SS3 student, Master Wisdom Donald, told
NAN that the Spintex Industrial Road had been
in a bad state for years. “This road has been like this; whenever rain
falls, all the water flows into our classrooms
because there are no gutters. “We want the state government to help us
because we always suffer during rainy season. A JS3 pupil, Master Isaac Ogbadu, said: “We fall
in the mud and dirty water if rain starts when
we are on the way to school. “We want the government to fix the road,” he
said. Christian Azuka and Sarah Akaeze, SS3 and SS1
students, respectively, also appealed to the
state governments to construct drains and fill
the potholes to reduce the hardship faced by
the students and other road users. A teacher in one of the schools, who refused to
mention his name, also regretted the situation. “Water enters the JS1 and JS2 classrooms; the
students virtually sit on the water because
water submerged the seats. “The situation is so bad, but we are not allowed
to talk to the press as workers of the Lagos
State Government,” he said. Mrs Remilekun Okunniyi, a parent of a pupil in
the nearby Zuratul Islamiyan Primary School –
which is also flooded during rainfall – said:
“Sometimes, we do not allow our children to
come to school if the rain is much. “We also hurry to pick them because flood will
cover the compound, if the rain is heavy. “Gov. Fashola should help us to construct
gutters on this Spintex Industrial Road to save
our children,” she said. Prince David Emmanuel, Proprietor of the
Queen Aina Private School, Odokekere, whose
school bus got stuck on the road, also appealed
for the government’s intervention. Miss Toyosi Dolapo, a JS3 student of the Living
Stone College, who helped pupils to cross the
road told NAN, “We are suffering; children go
to school in fear anytime it rains.” (NAN)
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