Indigenes, parents, staff and students of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area have expressed disappointment over the deplorable condition of virtually all the schools in the area despite the fact the member, representing Ngor Okpala State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly Hon Obinna Egu, is the House Committee Chairman on Education.
Some of the indigenes who spoke this reporter who visited the area for on the spot assessment lamented over the pitiable condition of their children and wards who said have regrettably been abandoned to their fate.
They said, “the secondary schools at Amala Ntu and Ohekelem communities respectively have become shadows of what they used to be. Most of the classrooms have no roofs, there are no chairs, desks, and other necessary amenities for the staff and students. The worst aspect of it is that the state government supplied computers to the school, but there is no place to install them. What will the students do as regards the upcoming WAEC examination that will be computer based.”
Speaking in the same vein, some residents said, they have withdrawn their children from the aforementioned schools and sent them to schools in…Etche and other parts of Rivers State that are better equipped and more conducive for teaching and learning.
Some youths of the area who spoke on the condition of anonymity said they are disappointed with what they described as the abysmal failure and ineptitude of their lawmaker Hon Obinna Egu, who they said, has not lived up to expectation.
They said, “Hon Obinna Egu, is reportedly busy monitoring what is happening at the Imo State Universal Basic Education Board, Examination Development Council EDC, Secondary Education Management Board SEMB, among others, instead of making time to visit home and feel the pulse of his constituents. How can schools in Ngor Okpala be such a mess, yet their representative claims to be the Chairman, House Committee on Education. It is ridiculous and disappointing.
We advise him to use the remaining part of his tenure to address the problems of his constituents instead of dabbling into the transfer, retirement and promotion of teachers and Principals that are core civil service issues that should be handled through the appropriate inbuilt channels in line with civil service rules, guidelines and procedure.”
“Even if they are part of his cover functions they should not be his primary focus at the expense of other people-oriented issues that also deserve his attention”.
