Photos: Wole Soyinka High School Ejigbo abandoned to rot by Osun govt

By Isa Isawade

It was with great excitement that the Rauf Aregbesola led government commissioned the Wole Soyinka Government High School Ejigbo, Osun State in November 2015.

The then newly constructed gigantic infrastructure was considered a spectacular gift that would guarantee a qualitative foundational education for the children of citizens and residents of Ejigbo.

This was in continuation of the administration’s education infrastructure revolution that was sweeping across the State of Osun during the Ijesa-born Governor Aregbesola administration.

The name given to the School with state-of-the-art facilities was not only to honour the first Nobel Laureate in Literature in Africa, Professor Wole Soyinka, but to also envision for and inculcate academic excellence in the lucky children. It must have also been to literally place Ejigbo town and Osun in general on the world map.

However, laudable as the intention and the great impact the facility was already having on the image and educational welfare of the Ejigbo people, successive administrations after Aregbesola’s have left the magnificent infrastructure to rot away.

Alarmed by the current state of the facility with roofs of the buildings already falling off, constituting a serious danger to the lives of students and staff of the school, observers have continued to wonder why a government would abandon such a signature infrastructure.

Therefore, the current helmsman in Osun, Governor Ademola Adeleke, has an urgent duty to protect the life and property in the Wole Soyinka Government High School Ejigbo and also preserve the very important infrastructure.