The clergy declares infrastructure decay in Kogi’s public schools

The Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of the Aidah, his bishop of the Signoria Anthony Ademu Adaji, has denounced a high level of infrastructure decay and deterioration of primary and public secondary schools in the rural areas of the State of Kogi.

The clergy who invited the Governor of the State Ahmed Usman Ododo to wake up with his responsibility in facing the challenges faced by public schools in Kogi East, complained of the fact that in the 21st century the students of the secondary schools were receiving lessons and writing exams on the floor despite the enormous sum of money that the state government has said that it has been committed to the education sector in the last nine years.

Bishop Adaji declared him while he spoke with journalists shortly after Chrism’s mass held in the Cathedral of San Bonifazio under the Catholic Diocese of the Aidah to commemorate the establishment of the Catholic priesthood.

The bishop complained that less than 10 % of public schools is working in the state of Kogi, stating that the worst affected by the deplorable infrastructure in the educational system between the three senatorial districts of the state was Kogi East.

Did he underline that most of the Kogi East schools deteriorated beyond the imagination asking if “there is still a government in the state”?

“On a very serious note it is not possible to obtain functional public schools of 5 % in Kogi East, but billions of Naira are scheduled for the education year, the year out. In the last eight or nine years it has been a total refreshment in the area of ​​education in rural communities in the state of Kogi.

“The state government of Kogi should stop deceiving himself by using public schools in the state capital to judge the conditions of schools in the areas of the local government.

“Our concern is that the wider population of people in Kogi’s state has become accustomed to rural areas and unfortunately such places their educational system in particular secondary and primary schools are found in precarious situations at the expense of the children we have said are the leaders of tomorrow.

“If you visit some secondary and elementary government schools of Kogi East, if you are a lover of education and you know what education for humanity can do, you will cry. Therefore the governor Ododo should need before it is too late.

“I appeal to the Governor Ododo who, when he started the goodwill to pay regular wages both to the operators of the state government and local, should also include education and infrastructure as part of the mandate of his responsibility as both are necessary for the development of the state of Kogi”.