Frequent heavy downpour in Hadejia town of Jigawa State have resulted in the submerging of five primary and junior secondary schools in the area, an official said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Alhaji Musa Garba, the Education Secretary, Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Hadejia, that the affected schools include: Hamza Abdullahi Junior Secondary School, Matsaro Primary School, Haruna Junior Secondary School, Usman Maidashi Primary School and Haruna Primary School.<\/p>\n
Garba, however, said students of the schools had been relocated to five other schools in the area, pending when the water level would recede.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder the new arrangement, the host school\u2019s students will have their lessons in the morning, while students from the affected schools will attend lessons in the evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have already reported the incidents to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Dutse.<\/p>\n
\u201cI urge it (SUBEB) and the Local Government Council, to sandfill the school compound and construct drainages around it,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Also commenting on the development, Information Officer in the council, Alhaji Mohammad Garba-Talaki, said the Council\u2019s Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Maikanti, had visited the affected schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe council chairman sympathises with both the school management and the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe council will look into the Education Secretary\u2019s request,\u201d Garba-Talaki said.<\/p>\n
NAN correspondent, who visited one of the affected schools, reports that flood had occupied classrooms up to the topmost level of the doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Frequent heavy downpour in Hadejia town of Jigawa State have resulted in the submerging of five primary and junior secondary schools in the area, an official said on Friday. Alhaji Musa Garba, the Education Secretary, Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Hadejia, that the affected schools include: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":12729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[246,722,709,385],"class_list":["post-12727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-community","tag-flood","tag-jigwa","tag-schools"],"yoast_head":"\n