No fewer than 96 pupils of the LEA primary school in Kigbe community in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja have been found sitting on bare floor during their lesson hours.
This was disclosed in a post shared on Tuesday by a civic tech platform, Monitng, demanding immediate intervention of the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike and the serving Senator of Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe.
The post reads: “Dear @GovWike & @IretiKingibe Inside Abuja School Where Pupils Sit On Bare Floor.
“A local authority school located in LEA primary school Kigbe community Kwali Area Council FCT Abuja. Where over 96 pupils sit on bare floors in their classrooms to learn.”
SHOCKING!!!
Dear @GovWike & @IretiKingibe
Inside Abuja School Where Pupils Sit On Bare Floor.
A local authority school located in LEA primary school Kigbe community Kwali Area Council FCT Abuja.
Where over 96 pupils sit on bare floors in their classrooms to learn. pic.twitter.com/GOevM7AtTx
— Monitng (@monitng) July 2, 2024
This is coming amid the political banter between Nyesom Wike and Senator Ireti Kingibe.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had earlier dared Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the FCT, saying she would not be re-elected in 2027.
Wike’s remark was after Kingibe criticised Wike’s performance, stating that FCT residents are unimpressed.
SaharaReporters had reported that Kingibe, a serving Senator represented under the platform of the Labour Party, had said this while featuring on Arise TV, adding that the FCT lacked essential amenities like schools, hospitals, and potable water.
But responding, Wike, who was the former governor of Rivers State and currently embroiled in political crisis, said that he wasn’t in office to please Kingibe, claiming that he had achieved significant progress in his short tenure.
At the Mabushi Bus Terminal flag-off in Abuja, Wike predicted that Kingibe would lose support in the 2027 elections, citing her failure to collaborate with the FCT Administration and her anger towards the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
“I overheard somebody on Arise TV this morning. Unfortunately, I hear the person is a member of the National Assembly and it is unfortunate I say so,” he said.
“With all due respect, what you don’t know, you don’t know, what you know, you know, and the good thing for you is to tell people you don’t when you don’t know, then people will educate you.”
“If we have done well, we have done well. If we haven’t done well, we haven’t done well. I am proud to say that in the short time that Mr. President has appointed us, we have done well,” he said praising himself.
