Teachers lament over bad road in Kuje

Teachers and parents of students of Junior Secondary School, Shadadi in Kuje Area Council, FCT, have called on the Council’s administration to rehabilitate the road leading to the school.

Some of the parents and teachers on Thursday in Kuje, lamented the deplorable state of the road.

A teacher in the school, who wished anonymity, also appealed to the administration to take advantage of the coming dry season to rehabilitate the road.

He said that the deplorable state of the road had made it very difficult for motorcycles and motor vehicles to access the school.

“As you can see, it has been a very big challenge coming to school every morning because of the deplorable state of the road.

“Motorcycles bringing students to school drop them about a kilometre away from the school.

“The children have to trek down and the same was done by inspectors who visited the school recently,” he said.

Another teacher, who also wished anonymity, said the difficulty in accessing the school had tendency of discouraging parents from enrolling their children in the school.

The teacher called on relevant authorities to come to the aid of students, teachers and visitors to the school.

He said the call was meant to enhance access and increase students’ enrolment.

“As you can see, the road has been ravaged by erosion and the only solution as it is now is to grade and create drainage system to allow free flow of water.

“As it is now, we cannot help any emergency situation because of the road and this is dangerous where we have students,’’ the teacher said.

Mr Samuel Lanto, a parent and Shadadi Community leader, said the road had been a major source of concern to students, parents and the entire residents of the community.

He said that the community had made several attempts to fix the road through collective efforts but could not because of its cost implication.

The community leader also appealed to the council to intervene in the rehabilitation of the road in the interest of the primary and secondary schools situated in the area.

Another parent, Mr Ismaila Yakubu, said that the situation was worse for students coming from Lanto village, who had to cross a river on daily basis before getting to the school.

“Any time it rains heavily in the morning, we do not allow our children to go to school because of fear of their safety in crossing the river,’’ he said.

He said that rehabilitation of the road and creating a temporary structure to ease crossing of the river would build parents’ confidence and enhance students’ enrolment.