{"id":82400,"date":"2026-02-02T08:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82400"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T08:52:22","slug":"ypp-chairmanship-candidate-laments-decay-of-rural-schools-in-abaji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/02\/ypp-chairmanship-candidate-laments-decay-of-rural-schools-in-abaji\/","title":{"rendered":"YPP Chairmanship Candidate Laments Decay of Rural Schools in Abaji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Young Progressives Party (YPP) chairmanship candidate for Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Muhammad Angulu Loko, has expressed concern over the deteriorating state of infrastructure in rural primary schools, describing the situation as worrisome.<\/p>\n<p>Loko spoke on Saturday during his campaign visits to Dogon-Ruwa, Tungan-Usman, Gasakpa and Mawogi communities in Gawu Ward ahead of the February 21, 2026 election.<\/p>\n<p>He said many school buildings, constructed years ago, have fallen into disrepair, with several classrooms losing their roofs to windstorms, a development he noted has disrupted learning and kept many children out of school.<\/p>\n<p>The YPP candidate called for urgent rehabilitation of the affected schools to provide a conducive learning environment for pupils in rural communities across the area council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David The Young Progressives Party (YPP) chairmanship candidate for Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Muhammad Angulu Loko, has expressed concern over the deteriorating state of infrastructure in rural primary schools, describing the situation as worrisome. Loko spoke on Saturday during his campaign visits to Dogon-Ruwa, Tungan-Usman, Gasakpa and Mawogi communities in Gawu Ward ahead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":82401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82402,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82400\/revisions\/82402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}