Ogidi West School Crisis: Renovation Limited to Two Classrooms, Critical Facilities Missing

Date: 2025-10-09

Despite the recent renovation of two classrooms, the Ogidi West LGEA School in Ilorin continues to face a severe infrastructural crisis, with students and staff lacking basic facilities like functional toilets, running water, and adequate security.

On September 6, 2025, the Executive Chairman of Ilorin West Local Government, Honourable Shehu Abdulrahman Babatunde Ladan, visited the school and made a series of public commitments. He promised a comprehensive renovation that included refurbishing the toilets, providing two security guards, fencing the school perimeter, and connecting the school to a community borehole for a water supply.

Weeks later, on September 30, the Chairman announced the project's completion via his official Facebook page, showcasing two renovated classrooms. However, a follow up visit to the school revealed that these two classrooms are the only changes made, leaving the most critical promises unfulfilled.

Mallam Abdulkareem Abdulazeez, the Principal of the newly established Ogidi West Junior Secondary School, expressed mixed gratitude and frustration. "We thank the chairman for the two classrooms, but this is not enough to raise the standard of the school," he said, pleading for further intervention to create an environment truly conducive to learning.

The junior secondary school, approved in February 2025, is particularly hard hit, with a growing student body of over 60 students in JSS 1 and JSS 2. The principal highlighted the acute infrastructure gap: "Part of the problem not allowing us to have large numbers of students is the classroom and staff room shortage."

The teaching staff operates without a designated staff room, offices, or basic furniture like tables, relying on one of the existing classrooms for all administrative work. The lack of proper restroom facilities is so dire that teachers are significantly affected.

"Male teachers have to go to the bush," one teacher explained. "The female teachers cannot do such, and this is causing significant difficulty for them."

Students face similar, humiliating challenges, reporting that they must use the surrounding bush to relieve themselves due to the complete absence of a toilet. The junior school also lacks essential items like a bell and wall clocks, forcing them to depend on the schedule of the adjacent primary school.

A local community representative confirmed awareness of the unfulfilled pledges and stated they would "continue to remind the chairman" to ensure the students receive a better standard of education.

As of this report, nearly a month after the chairman's initial public pledge, Ogidi West LGEA School remains without a fence, security personnel, a water supply, or functional toilets, raising serious questions about the true scope and completion of the celebrated renovation project.

 

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