Community demands for primary school

An elder in the community, Alhaji Ladan Ija-Koro, told Daily Trust that the village, with a population of over 5,000 people, has no single primary school, lamenting that “our children have to trek some kilometres to attend a primary school in the neighbouring village.”Ladan said they need their own primary school in the village so […]

An elder in the community, Alhaji Ladan Ija-Koro, told Daily Trust that the village, with a population of over 5,000 people, has no single primary school, lamenting that “our children have to trek some kilometres to attend a primary school in the neighbouring village.”
Ladan said they need their own primary school in the village so that their children can stop going to the neighbouring villages in search of knowledge.
“The primary school where our children are schooling is in bad shape and government has failed to rehabilitate it despite several complaints. It is an old structure; the roofs of some of the classrooms were removed by windstorm some years back and government did not fix them. So when it rains, the pupils have to be sent home.”
He said it would be great if the Tungar-Ladan community can have its own primary school, adding “we thank God that somebody has voluntarily built a Mosque and an Islamiyyah school for the community.”
He therefore appealed to the local government authorities to come to the aid of the community by providing the occupants with a primary school.
“We will not relent in our efforts to draw the attention of government to this important demand until our dream comes true,” he said.