Residents crowdfund to rehabilitate dilapidated Ogun school

The dilapidated school

Some residents have begun a crowdfunding campaign to rehabilitate a dilapidated Odepeta Methodist Primary School, Ipokia, Ogun State.

The crowdfunding began after images of the dilapidated school building surfaced on social media on Monday.

The images showed the building with obvious cracks and supported by wooden braces to prevent it from falling, while the windows, roof and doors were damaged.

Leading the crowdfunding campaign, a Facebook user, Adegbokiki Kamor, pledged N50,000 in support for the renovation of the school while seeking support from other members of the public.

He acknowledged that the donation was to support the efforts of the government in providing basic amenities to the community.

Kamor said, “In as much as I believe that our government should provide the necessary infrastructure for us, especially in areas of basic education, the fact remains that the available resources may not be enough to get this done, given the overwhelming infrastructural deficit in almost all the sectors.

“When I see these images, the only thing that crossed my mind was how we can galvanise the general public to deliver this block of classrooms to our future leaders in far away Ipokia Local Government Area. Punch