100 Days in Office: Okpebholo Remodeling and Rebuilding 100 Schools

Security is one major issue we have to look into, and we also have to sensitize the communities, so that they can put an eye on this property because the children are the ones that will suffer if these facilities are destroyed, if these thefts and vandalism continue

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To commemorate 100 days in office, Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo is rebuilding and remodeling 100 schools throughout the state as part of his goal to have an immediate impact.

This was said by Mrs. Onomen Brigg, Chairman of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), during a tour to state school facilities with Mrs. Angela Okpamen, the member of the Board representing Edo South.

She added that Governor Okpebholo was already putting fencing around all of the state’s schools and urged parents, citizens, and communities where schools are located to assist in preventing vandalism of school property.

While in the state, she visited Ebo Primary School in Iyekhogba, Ore-Oghene Primary School in Oredo Local Government Area, and Evbareke Junior Secondary School, Use Junior Secondary School, and Okhekhugbo Primary School in Egor Local Government Area. She stated that all of the reconstruction and renovation work would be finished in one to three weeks.

“Security is one major issue we have to look into, and we also have to sensitize the communities, so that they can put an eye on this property because the children are the ones that will suffer if these facilities are destroyed, if these thefts and vandalism continue.

“Fences are part of the security arrangement, so we are also going to make sure that these schools have fences and security posts, so that you can only come into the compound through the security post. This is also key to us and the governor has already started. Most of the construction going on, fencing is part of what he is looking at.

“We did five today, we have a100 currently going on all across the state, we are going to Edo Central and Edo North within the week

“The construction and the renovation include furnishing, so the chairs and the tables are already part of it. You can’t put a new wine in an old wine skin, so you can’t get new chairs and tables and put them in a dilapidated building, so we need the buildings to be good and okay, then furniture can go in.

Brigg added that “Some of them will be completed in one week, some less than a week and then two week and maximum three weeks.” 

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