PUNCH - A story on the dearth of good furniture in Ikeja Grammar School, Lagos, published by Saturday PUNCH last Saturday drew a wrong chord with the Lagos State Government.
Last Monday, it suspended the school
principal for allowing this writer to gain access to the school premises
and take photographs of classes where pupils sat on windows and
concrete blocks while learning.
Even though it was reported in the story
titled, “Lagos school where pupils learn sitting on windows, concrete
blocks” that the principal was not around when this journalist visited
the school, Saturday PUNCH learnt that her superiors have decided to hang the blame of the scandal on her.
Efforts to speak to the principal as the
news of her suspension broke on Monday, were unsuccessful as she was
nowhere to be found in the school. Teachers are not allowed to speak
with the press in the state.
But an irked teacher, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said the principal was removed from her position
as a punishment on Monday.