Sealed School: Parents, Teachers, Pupil Protest LGA Council Boss's Action

....Took An S.O.S Outcry/Protest To Asagba Of Asaba's Palace

Okonta Emeka Okelum, Asaba

Just as the Delta State commissioner for education and the state governor, decried the  low turn out of pupils and student upon school resumption and the need to build more schools in the state, the trend in Oshimili South LGA has nose dived in the opposite direction.

Teachers, parents and pupils of Oshimili South Local Government Nursery & Primary School had their desires to commence studies and academic activities dashed, since yesterday.

Without prior information, they met a sealed school premises.

According to a parent who does not want his name published, told our reporter that the sealed school premises was made possible by Hon Uche Osadebe, Council Chairman, Oshimilli South LGA.

Our source told us that the council boss sealed the premises and embark on an abroad trip to Europe with some councilors of the council.

Some parents our reporter encountered sadly recounted that they were told by some council staff that they had being told by the council boss to tell them to take their children to another school as the premises had being permanently sealed off.

Our sources shared what their responses became after the second day of continous sealed premises.

We have no other option than to take our greviances to the royal father of this land, the Asagba of Asaba.

Upon getting to the palace, we were told that the royal father is busy but our visit was rescheduled to hold later today with him by 1:30pm.

The palace's administrative secretary, Ogbueshi P.N. Ndili received the aggreived delegates, our sources told our reporter.

According to our sources, Ogbueshi Ndili dailed all telephone lines of the executive vice chairman of the council but were switched off.

Same was the case when our reporter called the council's executive vice chairman

When Ogbueshi Ndili dialed the council's secretary, our sources hinted us that the secretary attempted various antics at defending the council chairman's action as well as stressing that the school premises had being relocated.

This response, our sources told us gravely angered Ogbueshi Ndili, who asked, who did the council boss consulted and south his approval before taking such action.

He questioned why the teachers and head teacher were not carried along before the school was sealed off and why no alternative provision was made before school resumption.

Our reporters calls to the council secretary's phone number met a poor response as he turned down his calls with the excuse that he is busy and not ready to speak to our reporter.

Some aggrieved parents who appear to be somewhat conversant with happenings in the council stressed that the council boss's action could be a subtle ploy towards selling off the school premises or converting it to his personal estate.

This they vow to resist, should the palace, commissioner of education and state government did nothing to stop the council chairman's action.

We will keep you all posted with the turn of events at the palace today by 1.30pm, when some lesser delegation of the teachers and parents will reconverge at the palace.