Again, Downpour destroys school buildings in Ilorin
Virtually all the buildings at the Government Day Secondary School, (GDSS), Okekere in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara have been destroyed by a storm with heavy rain.
According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the rainstorm had paralyzed activities at the Government Day Secondary School, Okekere.
NAN had earlier reported how a rainstorm wrecked similar havoc at the Ansarul Islam Secondary School, Ogidi, Oloje also in the same local government area.
the report stated that virtually all the existing buildings within Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) Okekere’s premises were destroyed by the rainstorm accompanied by a downpour as their roofs and ceilings were blown off.
blocks of classrooms in the senior section, the administrative block, the library and the laboratory blocks and the hostels were also damaged by the rainstorm.
The principal and other members of staff are taking refuge under some of the trees within the school premises as the school is on holiday.
The Principal of the senior section of the school, Hajia Surura Mohammed, described the damage as significant, thereby solicited the assistance of the state government and other well-meaning Nigerians to come to the rescue of the school.
The Coordinator of the school’s Old Students’ Association, Dr. Mubarak Oloduowo, who also spoke with NAN in Ilorin on Monday described the incident as a disaster that is capable of paralyzing teaching and learning activities when the school would resume from holiday.
Oloduowo, who is also a lecturer with the Department of Chemistry at the University of Ilorin, said that the Old Students’ Association recently spent no less than N500,000 to rehabilitate some blocks of classrooms.
He said that parts of the classrooms rehabilitated from the funds raised were damaged by the rainstorm.
He appealed to the state government to rescue the school by rehabilitating the damaged structures and provide other necessary infrastructure to achieve qualitative learning at the school.
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