SMART SCHOOL OR SMART LOOTING? ANOTHER RECEIPT FROM IGBERE
This image is Elu-okwe Primary School, a community school in Amaukwu Igbere, Bende LGA.
Not a rumour.
Not propaganda.
A living,
breathing school.
Yet this same Abia State Government of Alex Otti has told the public through an official press release that this school was demolished by the Deputy Speaker
because it had been earmarked and awarded for upgrade to a smart school.
So let’s ask calmly and honestly,
Is this not the same Elu-okwe Community School?
If it was demolished, how did it reappear overnight?
If a contractor was truly on ground, where is the smart school today?
Because as we speak,
The zincs are pulling
When it rains, children run for cover
The community formally applied for urgent renovation
They were warned not to approve any project by the Deputy Speaker
And yet months later,
nothing.
This is not politics.This is misplaced priority and institutional deception.
WHERE IS OUR ₦100 BILLION.
Abia State’s own financial reports now show ₦100 BILLION spent on repairs of public schools (excluding UBEC funds).
So we ask again, slowly and respectfully,
Which previous government ever wrote ₦100 billion for school repairs?
Where are the smart schools that justified refusing intervention?
How long does it take a proactive government to replace a demolished school with a smart one?
The state says,
Governor Otti prioritizes governance over politics
The school was awarded and contractors were present
The Deputy Speaker acted without due process
But the physical evidence on ground says,
No smart school
No ongoing project by the state government
Children still exposed to rain and sun
Community still waiting
You cannot call it reckless demolition on paper and then leave children learning in danger indefinitely.
You cannot cite due process while education collapses in real time.
This is not about party.
This is not about ambition.
This is about children,
classrooms,
and ₦100 BILLION.
Smart schools do not hide.
Infrastructure does not vanish.
Receipts do not argue, they expose.
As the rainy season approaches,
one hopes the government will be proud watching children study under rainfall while press statements fly.
Abia people are no longer asking for explanations.
We are asking for results.
Where are the smart schools?
Janny Linda OzochiOnye Odinaka..
