Rivers School Raises Alarm Over Flooding

The authorities of Community Secondary School, Umuukpatu Community in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State say flooding is threatening activities in the school.
The Principal, Mr. Nwankwo Osoudu told newsmen in an interview that the situation is more than what the school can bear. He said the entire school premises is flooded and called on the government to come to the aid of the school.
“The whole place is flooded even after the rains. It is beyond what the school can handle.
“We call on the authorities to come to the aid of the school,” adding that it has affected academic and recreational activities.
Osondu said the school also need adequate security, stressing that hoodlums now use the school as their hideout to perpetrate criminal activities.
“They steal at will. The school is afraid of what happens the next day.”
He said the school has lost its sumo pump, GP tank and chairs to hoodlum, stressing that but for the urgent intervention of the Oyigbo local government chairman, Prince Gerald Offorji, the school would have shut down.
The principal pleaded for the urgent intervention of the state government to check the trend.
Osondu, who commended the Oyigbo council boss for the gesture said both the staff and students will not surrender to hoodlums.