Residents hail Osinbajo over renovation of school in village of VP’s late escort rider

The presidency has renovated a six-block classrooms in Gui, village of Ali Gomina, late out rider to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.

The school was built under the aegis of the office of the senior special assistant to the president on sustainable development goals (OSSAP-SDGs).

Gomina, 45, died in a road accident involving Osinbajo’s convoy while en route to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on March 13.

Speaking to journalists after inspecting the school, Alhassan Yusuf, district head of Gui, expressed appreciation to the vice president for bailing the community from the “poverty of education”.

Yusuf explained that the community is six kilometres from the expressway and that during the rainy season, their wards find it difficult to go to school at Sauka because of the bad road.

He said he mentioned the issue to Osinbajo when he paid them a condolence visit.

“So, when we lost our son, Gomina, and the vice-president came to this community to condole with us, I seized the opportunity to make the request for the renovation of our school, and a day after I made that request, the project was approved,” Yusuf said.

“Work started on this project barely six months ago and it has been completed already.

“What is left now is for the Ministry of Education to come and supervise the operation of this school.

“With the number of classrooms in this school, we hope to have both junior and senior secondary classes in this school in Gui.

“On behalf of Gui community, I sincerely thank the vice president for what he has done; we pray that God will continue to protect him both in and out of office.

“We will also be praying for him, in case he wants to further his political career, he will be the President of this country; we thank him greatly and may Allah bless him and his family.’’