How school headmistress allegedly forced pupils to pay N1500 each to build classrooms in Delta

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- Some pupils of Ebrumede primary school, Ebrumede-Effurun, Delta state have been allegedly forced to pay N1,500 to rebuild a block of classroom in the school by their headmistress

- The block of classroom was said to have been burnt down by unknown people

The pupils of Ebrumede primary school, Ebrumede-Effurun, Delta state have been allegedly mandated by their headmistress, one Mrs. Owigho to pay a sum of N1,500 each to rebuild a block of classroom which was said to have been burnt down by unknown people.

In a statement sent to NAIJ.com, a Facebook user, Utukpe Elo, said that the headmistress insisted that all the pupils should pay the amount and that those that failed to comply were sent back to their various homes.

How school headmistress allegedly forced students to pay N1500 each to build classrooms in Delta

Ebrumede primary school, Ebrumede-Effurun, Delta state. Photo credit: Facebook, Utukpe Elo

She said: “I am from Delta state, I stay in a community called Ebrumede and there is a government school there. A block in the school was burnt down; nobody knows who set the block on fire.

“Just recently, the principal, Mrs owigho asked all the student to pay the sum of 1500 to build the block. She said she has burrowed 200k already to build the block and just last week, she started sending the students who are yet to pay back home.

A dilapidated block at Ebrumede primary school, Ebrumede-Effurun, Delta state. Photo credit: Utukpe Elo

“My questions are: Are the students to be tasked to build the block that was burnt down? Is the government not responsible for it? Is the payment directed by the state for the students to pay? When has it become the duty of the principle to build a government owned school?

One of the blocks of classroom at Ebrumede primary school, Ebrumede-Effurun, Delta state. Photo credit: Utukpe Elo

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“Should they hold the student responsible for the restructuring of the building? I want this to be investigated and the said principal should be called to explain what's going on. I have a younger sister there in the school and she has in fact paid her dues of the 1500.”

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