The lack of classrooms at the Ogobiri village in Sagbama, the local government area of former Governor Seriake Dickson, has been brought to attention by public affairs expert and convener of the PDP Alliance for Democracy (PAD), Ekiye Akposeye.
According to Akposeye, the situation forced students to use market squares as their classrooms.
On Tuesday, September 12, the Sagbama leader released the following statement: “It is very honestly, frightening that pupils would have to attend courses in a market square at Ogobiri village in 2023.
“Even beyond politics, this is bad. As a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporter, this is not good for the optics. Sagbama has been, for years, one of the strong bases of our party. The news of the unfortunate happenings at Ogobiri is not a good show of our party’s value system.”
Akposeye said he learnt the governor had been briefed about the consequences of such development to his second term campaign bid and that he had asked his Commissioner for Education to visit the area.
He noted: “I am told the governor is freshly aware of the fact that children are being taught in the market square at Ogobiri as there are no classes and has directed the Hon. Commissioner for Education who is to arrive there soon.
“The common thought is for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate not to be aware of the incident Ogobiri hence the hasty dispatch of the education commissioner, but sadly, the Ogobiri incident has been common knowledge for months and it is not something to politicize.
“The approach is simple and classical: build classroom blocks at Ogobiri and take our children off the streets and markets.”