Nigeria
EDO STUDENTS LEARN IN FLOODED, ROOF-DAMAGED CLASSROOMS DESPITE BILLIONS IN STATE REVENUE AND SCHOOL RENOVATION BUDGETS
Students at Okpokhumi Grammar School in Owan East, Edo State, are reported to be learning in deteriorated classrooms with damaged roofs, exposed wooden supports and spaces that become flooded during rainfall. Civic group MonITNG says the school serves several surrounding communities and has repeatedly demanded urgent rehabilitation. The widely circulated claim that Edo receives exactly ₦17.28 billion every month in federal allocations could not be independently verified; more reliable recent figures cited by the group show about ₦145.25 billion in gross FAAC receipts between January and July 2026. Edo’s official 2026 budget separately provides more than ₦10 billion across major school construction and renovation lines.
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