2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, announced, he made a monetary donation “totalling ₦6 million” to the secondary school in Chibok, Borno State.
The Secondary School in Chibok is “the same school where over 200 girls were sadly kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, with 70 still unaccounted for.”
Obi made known via his official X account, he donated “10 laptops and 3 printers”, adding, he presented the School with “₦2 million each towards providing some items for the lab, the computer classroom, and a handheld motorised borehole”.
The former Governor of Anambra State said, he made the donation after a meeting with his “dear sister”, Aisha Yesufu, alongside Chibok community leaders in Abuja.
Obi said, he made efforts to contact Governor Zulum of Borno State, however, was told to avoid the School area “due to security concerns”.
He wondered, “why we live in a nation where our students don’t have labs, books, or even pencils, while our leaders live in opulence, spending billions to renovate conference centres”.
He called on the government to “prioritise critical areas of development, education, healthcare, and pulling our people out of poverty.”
Obi said: “Earlier this month, my dear sister @AishaYesufu called to give me the disturbing information that there were no computers, functional laboratories, or electricity in the Secondary School in Chibok, the same school where over 200 girls were sadly kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, with 70 still unaccounted for.
“With a population of over 2,500, the school had only one desktop computer. Aisha Yesufu respectfully requested that I buy an additional two and help install solar lighting, even if it was only for the computer classroom.
“While I was trying to contact His Excellency, my brother Governor Zulum, to enable me to visit the school, I was advised against doing so due to security concerns.
“Aisha Yesufu accordingly arranged a meeting between me and the Chibok community leaders in Abuja, where I presented them with 10 laptops and 3 printers as a start. I also donated the sum of ₦2 million each towards providing some items for the lab, the computer classroom, and a handheld motorised borehole, totalling ₦6 million.
“I promised to do more and made it clear to them that what I was doing was not a donation, but a sincere commitment and a promise to the future of our community.
“However, occasions like this are deeply disturbing and cause me to reflect and personally question our priorities and the rising costs of misgovernance.
“One wonders why we live in a nation where our students don’t have labs, books, or even pencils, while our leaders live in opulence, spending billions to renovate conference centres, build car parks, and furnish new lodges of international standards.
“I continue to plead on behalf of all of us that the time has come for self-examination. We must prioritise critical areas of development, education, healthcare, and pulling our people out of poverty.”
