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The students of Okpokhumi Grammar School in Owan East Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State have been learning in a near-collapsed building, a civil society organisation (CSO), MonITNG, has revealed.
MonITNG, in a post shared on X on Monday, said the school is the only government secondary school serving three communities in the LGA.
Images shared by the CSO show the harsh conditions faced daily by the school’s 1,768 students, including a structure on the verge of collapse, damaged windows, blown-off roofs, missing ceilings, and cracked floors.
“These classrooms flood completely, sending children home with wet books and broken spirits. Students from Okpokhumi Emai, Ojavun New, and Ojavun Old are sitting inside what can only be described as a glorified ruin, desperately trying to build their futures in a place that successive governments have deliberately allowed to collapse around them for decades,” said MonITNG.
SAD!!!
Attn, Gov @m_akpakomiza
This is Okpokhumi Grammar School,Okpokhumi Emai, Owan East LGA, Edo State, the ONLY government secondary school serving three communities in Owan East LGA, Edo State. What you’re seeing in these photos is not an abandoned building. Children are… pic.twitter.com/2kRARAXdDZ
— MonITNG (@monitng) May 11, 2026
According to the CSO, the Edo State Government allocates millions of naira to the education sector, yet Okpokhumi Grammar School continues to deteriorate.
The organisation criticised Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, accusing him of spending resources on the presidential campaign of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu while students of the school continue to learn in deplorable conditions.
“Governor Okpekholo, the innocent children of Okpokhumi cannot eat political loyalty. They cannot read textbooks under a campaign banner. They cannot pass their WAEC examinations sitting on broken benches under a roof that the next rainfall will destroy completely. These families are not asking for a world-class facility. They are simply asking for walls that stand firm,” it added.
“A roof that holds when it rains. A floor that doesn’t turn into a river during the rainy season. The absolute bare minimum that every Nigerian child constitutionally deserves and that your government continues to deny them.”
MonITNG also expressed disappointment with Edo State lawmakers in the National Assembly, accusing them of earning “jumbo salaries” while failing to address the school’s poor condition.
“And the elected representatives who should be screaming on their behalf? Sen. Adams Aliu Oshiomhole. Hon. Julius Ihonvbere at the National Assembly. Hon. Eric Okaka, at the Edo State House of Assembly, all elected by these same communities, all collecting their jumbo salaries and allowances, have completely looked away as if these children simply do not exist,” it added.
“The silence and gross negligence from every single one of them are not just disappointing; they are a profound betrayal of the people who trusted them with their votes.”
The organisation further appealed to the authorities to urgently facilitate the renovation of the school.
