Bauchi schoolgirls battle floodwater in roofless hostel

<img width="1290" height="1611" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-2026-07-12T113546.787.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-2026-07-12T113546.787.jpg 1290w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-2026-07-12T113546.787-240x300.jpg 240w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-2026-07-12T113546.787-820x1024.jpg 820w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1-2026-07-12T113546.787-1230x1536.jpg 1230w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1290px) 100vw, 1290px" /> <p>Female students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi State, are battling floodwater in their hostel. The flood was caused by a windstorm which blew off the roof of the hostel during a heavy downpour.&nbsp;</p> <p>Images and a video obtained by DAILY POST showed the hostel completely taken over by floodwater, with no visible roofing sheets. Rows of metal bunk beds were also&nbsp;seen inside the waterlogged building, while students were captured standing barefoot in the flooded hostel.</p> <p>The video further showed&nbsp;some of the students using buckets and other containers to scoop water from the hostel in a desperate effort to drain the flooded dormitory and make it habitable, as others looked on.</p> <p>The development has also renewed concerns over the state of infrastructure in public boarding schools and the need for greater investment in educational facilities across the state.</p> <p>Reacting to the development, the Bauchi State Government said it has begun assessing schools affected by the recent rainstorm across the state.</p> <p>The Commissioner for Education, Hon. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said officials had identified challenges affecting the effective use of educational facilities in the affected schools, including Government Girls’ Secondary School, Tafawa Balewa.</p> <p>According to the commissioner, four hostels at the school were severely damaged by the windstorm, forcing the ministry to temporarily relocate students pending government intervention.</p> <p>He added that assessment teams had been deployed to all affected schools to determine the extent of the damage, noting that a comprehensive report would be submitted to Governor Bala Mohammed to facilitate prompt intervention and ensure the speedy restoration of teaching and learning in the affected schools.</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/07/12/bauchi-schoolgirls-battle-floodwater-in-roofless-hostel/">Bauchi schoolgirls battle floodwater in roofless hostel </a></p>

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