Nyesom Wike Warns Principals Against Releasing Students To Welcome Him In Abuja

Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Nyesom Wike has warned school principals in the nation’s capital, Abuja against releasing students during school hours to welcome them while on visit to such areas.

The minister gave the warning during the inauguration of the construction of a 9.8-kilometre road from Kabusa to Takushara at the permanent site of Government Secondary School Kabusa on Tuesday.

Wike who strongly criticised the practice of bringing students out of their classrooms to line up on roads to welcome officials, appealed to school principals across the FCT to prioritize the welfare and education of students over ceremonial protocols.

He said: “It is not in our culture, and this will be the last time to see this happen. Nobody should bring students out of their school to line up on the road. We will not accept that any longer. Our children deserve the best”.

Visibly displeased with the dilapidated state of the school’s infrastructure the minister ordered immediate rehabilitation of the school, instructing his Chief of Staff, Mr. Chidi Amadi, to collaborate with the FCTA Director of Procurement to finalize the necessary modalities for the upgrade.

He said “The government of Bola Tinubu will not accept this, I will not accept this. I will not accept this as a school for our people to have quality education. And therefore, the immediate upgrading of this school for this school to do what the school is supposed to be.”

“I am sure if Mr President comes here and sees that this is a school, our children are learning. I will lose my job. I don’t want to lose my job.”