Hard Road To School - Over Wall, Dam And Fear

Two hundred and seventy-five pupils from the Weija Cluster of Schools have dropped out of school as a result of the lack of a footbridge over the Weija Lake to give them access to school.

In addition, 1,200 pupils who live at Ayigbe Town, SCC, Old Barrier, Bortianor and Broadcasting, all communities on one side of the Weija Dam, put their lives in danger by scaling the walls of the dam daily to get to school.

Those who cannot climb the walls of the dam go through the wire fence gate to cross over the bridge to their respective schools.

The only existing footbridge which passes through the Weija Water Treatment Plant is not accessible to the schoolchildren as a result of a directive from the Ministry of Water Resources,

Works and Housing to close the gate leading to the dam.

Since the directive was issued last year, the Weij