According to a civic technology platform, MonITNG, the situation has persisted for months without repair or response.
Junior Secondary School Gurfata in Ibwa Ward, Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has stopped admitting new JSS1 students due to the lack of functional classrooms.
The school, which is the only secondary school serving the Gurfata community, was reportedly damaged by a windstorm that affected its already weak structures.
The damaged classrooms have been described as dilapidated and unsafe, leaving no space to accommodate incoming students.
According to a civic technology platform, MonITNG, the situation has persisted for months without repair or response.
“This crisis is not new. Our team first reported this school in November 2024. Months later, nothing has changed. No repairs. No emergency response. No temporary learning structures. Just silence, while students pay the price,” MonITNG said.
“This school has denied the pupils admission into JSS1 as a result of unavailable classrooms. Since 2024, nothing has been done,” an official of MonITNG told SaharaReporters.
According to MonITNG, the school’s condition appears to conflict with public claims about school renovations in the FCT.
“This neglect sharply contradicts public claims by the FCT Minister about renovating countless schools across the FCT. If those claims are true, why has JSS Gurfata received zero attention?”
MonITNG noted that the minister was recently seen “attending a graduation ceremony of his son in the United Kingdom, while children in Gurfata cannot even access a basic classroom.”
The group lamented that the FCT Senator has not intervened in the school’s situation.
“The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Sen. Ireti Kingibe, has also failed to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people she represents. The community has been left without advocacy, intervention, or accountability,” the group said.
MonITNG added that the school previously served hundreds of children, but the current condition has restricted access to education for many students.
The group issued a call for action from government authorities. “We call on Wike, Universal Basis Education Commission (UBE) and Kingibe to urgently renovate JSS Gurfata, rebuild damaged classrooms, and provide additional learning spaces. Education cannot wait. Gurfata’s children deserve better and they deserve it now.”