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SHOCKING!!! Attn, Gov @HyacinthAlia The residents of Okpokwu Council Ward in Obi LGA of Benue State are currently facing a severe water crisis that requires urgent attention. For this rural community, access to clean and safe drinking water has become almost impossible. What should be a basic human necessity has turned into a daily struggle for survival, as families are forced to rely on stagnant pools and shallow pits for water. The water available to the community is not just unclean; it is heavily contaminated with sediment and untreated waste. Women and children travel long distances in search of water, only to return with visibly murky and unsafe sources because they have no other option. The situation has pushed the community into a dangerous reality where survival depends on consuming water that poses serious health risks. This neglect exposes residents to deadly waterborne diseases such as Cholera, Typhoid, and severe diarrhoea. These illnesses spread rapidly in communities without access to safe water and often have devastating consequences, especially for young children and the elderly. There are also serious long-term health concerns associated with consuming water from unprotected sources. Chemical contamination and runoff can gradually damage health over time. In addition, the physical burden of fetching water from distant locations takes a heavy toll on residents. Carrying heavy containers over long distances causes injuries and exhaustion, particularly among young people. The time spent searching for water also means fewer hours for school, farming, and other productive activities, affecting the wellbeing and development of the entire community. It is deeply troubling that in Benue State, widely known as the Food Basket of the Nation, communities are still struggling with such extreme water scarcity. The Benue State Government and the Obi Local Government Council must act urgently before the situation worsens. Immediate emergency relief through water tankers is needed to provide safe drinking water for the residents. In the long term, the construction of solar-powered industrial boreholes will provide a sustainable solution and restore dignity, health, and safety to the people of Okpokwu. No community should have to face the risk of illness or death simply because they lack access to clean water. Immediate action is necessary. #FixWaterCrisis @benuestategovt @FMWR_Nigeria @FMWRNigeria

SHOCKING!!! Attn, Gov @HyacinthAlia The residents of Okpokwu Council Ward in Obi LGA of Benue State are currently facing a severe water crisis that requires urgent attention. For this rural community, access to clean and safe drinking water has become almost impossible. What should be a basic human necessity has turned into a daily struggle for survival, as families are forced to rely on stagnant pools and shallow pits for water. The water available to the community is not just unclean; it is heavily contaminated with sediment and untreated waste. Women and children travel long distances in search of water, only to return with visibly murky and unsafe sources because they have no other option. The situation has pushed the community into a dangerous reality where survival depends on consuming water that poses serious health risks. This neglect exposes residents to deadly waterborne diseases such as Cholera, Typhoid, and severe diarrhoea. These illnesses spread rapidly in communities without access to safe water and often have devastating consequences, especially for young children and the elderly. There are also serious long-term health concerns associated with consuming water from unprotected sources. Chemical contamination and runoff can gradually damage health over time. In addition, the physical burden of fetching water from distant locations takes a heavy toll on residents. Carrying heavy containers over long distances causes injuries and exhaustion, particularly among young people. The time spent searching for water also means fewer hours for school, farming, and other productive activities, affecting the wellbeing and development of the entire community. It is deeply troubling that in Benue State, widely known as the Food Basket of the Nation, communities are still struggling with such extreme water scarcity. The Benue State Government and the Obi Local Government Council must act urgently before the situation worsens. Immediate emergency relief through water tankers is needed to provide safe drinking water for the residents. In the long term, the construction of solar-powered industrial boreholes will provide a sustainable solution and restore dignity, health, and safety to the people of Okpokwu. No community should have to face the risk of illness or death simply because they lack access to clean water. Immediate action is necessary. #FixWaterCrisis @benuestategovt @FMWR_Nigeria @FMWRNigeria

SHOCKING!!! Dear Gov @_PastorUmoEno This is the terrible state of Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Four Towns, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, as reported by Barrister Inibehe Effiong. This public school, located in the heart of the State Capital near the Secretariat, is in ruins. Classrooms are cracked, roofs blown away, floors broken and dusty. Students are forced to stand to learn during lessons, with little or no furniture, doors, or windows. Classrooms leak heavily during rain, making the learning environment unsafe and unconducive. This is what education looks like in a State that has received over N2.53 trillion in just 32 months and benefits from 13% derivation from oil. This is the same State that produced the current Senate President, yet attracts no meaningful developmental projects for its schools. Instead, empowerment initiatives are manipulated for political gains, with interns and other programs handed out exclusively to party loyalists. The neglect is even more shocking because the current Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ubong Essien Umoh, is an alumnus of Four Towns. The man responsible for overseeing education in the State once walked these same classrooms now left to decay. Meanwhile, public funds are reportedly being spent on luxury SUVs for politicians instead of improving school facilities for students. We call on the Akwa Ibom State Government to immediately direct the Commissioner of Education to renovate and properly equip this school. Children deserve classrooms where they can sit, learn, and thrive not stand in cracked, leaking rooms. Schools should be safe, functional, and conducive to learning. This is more than a single school; it is a reflection of governance that prioritizes politics over human capital. Urgent action is required to restore dignity to public education and ensure that public funds benefit the citizens, especially students. The dilapidated classrooms of Four Towns must serve as a call to action, not a symbol of neglect. Akwa Ibom must show it values its children, its future leaders, and its promise as an oil-rich State by prioritizing education over politics. Immediate intervention is a moral and civic obligation. #FixPublicSchools @InibeheEffiong @NigEducation

BUSTED!!! Attn, Gov @_PastorUmoEno This is the terrible state of Etinan Institute,Etinan LGA, Akwa Ibom State as once-prestigious schools. According to Barrister @InibeheEffiong , the school has fallen into severe neglect, leaving over 2,100 students to struggle under conditions no child should face. Only 27 academic staff are available to educate them, and students contend daily with unreliable water supply, no stable electricity, and classrooms where they live, study, and eat in darkness. The administrative building is dangerously dilapidated, with some areas at risk of collapse, forcing partial evacuations to avoid disaster. Security is poor, with a porous perimeter exposing male and female boarding students to potential danger. Sanitation is appalling, with outdated pit toilets still in use, reflecting a complete disregard for student health and dignity. Boarding life has deteriorated sharply; the number of boarders has dropped from over 500 to fewer than 100 due to substandard welfare and feeding, while reports indicate the school went weeks without any water at all. Even more shocking, Etinan Institute is still regarded as one of the best public secondary schools in Etinan LGA, raising serious concerns about the state of other schools in the area. Meanwhile, key political figures from the locality, including Paul Ekpo, Uduak Ekpo Ufot, Uku Umo, and Uko Essien Udom, continue in positions of authority, yet no meaningful interventions have been made. With public funds reportedly available, this level of neglect is unacceptable. Education is the foundation of society, and the state of this historic institution reflects a deeper failure in governance, accountability, and oversight. Urgent action is required from government officials, educational authorities, community leaders, and philanthropists to restore the school. Students deserve safe, dignified learning environments, reliable utilities, proper feeding, and adequate teaching staff. The decline of Etinan Institute is a warning: neglecting education threatens not only the students of today but the future of our society. Those in authority must take responsibility and act decisively. The time to intervene is now. Restoring this school is not just an act of care,it is a necessity for the generations to come. #FixPublicSchools @InibeheEffiong

SHOCKING!!! Dear Gov @_PastorUmoEno This is the terrible state of Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Four Towns, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, as reported by Barrister Inibehe Effiong. This public school, located in the heart of the State Capital near the Secretariat, is in ruins. Classrooms are cracked, roofs blown away, floors broken and dusty. Students are forced to stand to learn during lessons, with little or no furniture, doors, or windows. Classrooms leak heavily during rain, making the learning environment unsafe and unconducive. This is what education looks like in a State that has received over N2.53 trillion in just 32 months and benefits from 13% derivation from oil. This is the same State that produced the current Senate President, yet attracts no meaningful developmental projects for its schools. Instead, empowerment initiatives are manipulated for political gains, with interns and other programs handed out exclusively to party loyalists. The neglect is even more shocking because the current Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ubong Essien Umoh, is an alumnus of Four Towns. The man responsible for overseeing education in the State once walked these same classrooms now left to decay. Meanwhile, public funds are reportedly being spent on luxury SUVs for politicians instead of improving school facilities for students. We call on the Akwa Ibom State Government to immediately direct the Commissioner of Education to renovate and properly equip this school. Children deserve classrooms where they can sit, learn, and thrive not stand in cracked, leaking rooms. Schools should be safe, functional, and conducive to learning. This is more than a single school; it is a reflection of governance that prioritizes politics over human capital. Urgent action is required to restore dignity to public education and ensure that public funds benefit the citizens, especially students. The dilapidated classrooms of Four Towns must serve as a call to action, not a symbol of neglect. Akwa Ibom must show it values its children, its future leaders, and its promise as an oil-rich State by prioritizing education over politics. Immediate intervention is a moral and civic obligation. #FixPublicSchools @InibeheEffiong @NigEducation