As Lagos State, Nigeria’s economic capital and one of the country’s
richest states, marks its creation with months-long series of
activities, students of a secondary school in the heart of the
metropolis are in dire need of basic amenities that could make learning
conducive.
Students of Eric Moore Junior High School, Surulere,
located near the residence of the former governor of the State and now
minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, receive
lessons under makeshift classrooms, with some of them sitting on the
floor.
Founded in 2003, the school has a total of 761 students, But that numbered could not be independently verified.
“You
will pity the students whenever it rains,” a staff told The Guardian on
Tuesday, pleading anonymity. “It is always difficult to teach them in
such condition. Hopefully, the government can do something urgently
about the school,” the staff added.
When The Guardian contacted
the public relations officer of the State’s Ministry of Education, Mr
Adesegun Ogundare, he said the government was constantly renovating
schools that were in bad shape. But he could not state whether Eric
Moore Junior High School was pencilled down for renovation any time
soon.
Guardian