By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN —GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Tuesday, commissioned three blocks of 18 classrooms at Ekiuwah Primary School, Uteh, Ivbiyeneva Primary School and Idogbo Primary School, all in Ikpoba/Okha Local Government Area of the state.

Commissioning the projects, Oshiomhole, said: “I am excited to be here. I remember very well, during my electioneering campaigns, I visited Uteh and I stopped at this school. I saw children sitting on the floor of a classroom with dust all over the place. I also saw a female teacher who came to class with a plastic chair and I asked the young lady, ‘Why have you brought a plastic chair to the school?’ She said, ‘As you can see, there are no chairs or tables even for the teachers and there is no need to talk of bench for the pupils, and the classrooms are leaking everywhere.’

Oshiomhole

“That is what the previous party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, left behind after 10 years. What PDP left behind could not be renovated. They had to be demolished and rebuilt. When I came into office, at the Executive Council meeting, we decided we were going to build beautiful schools. We would use aluminum roofs and we would use red and that red is a symbol of the quiet revolution that is going on in Edo State; bloodless revolution.

“And I said, we will ensure that we are going to use aluminum windows with glass and we are going to put modern furniture in our classrooms. One pupil, one desk. We put ceiling fans so that when it is hot, you can put on the ceiling fan and the children will have some comfort.”