It was a sad day as Mrs Ikeji one of the teachers of a secondary school in Festac Town, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State passed on .
Mrs Ikeji, a level 17 teacher in on tuesday 11th of June died in an early morning car crash on her way to work.
She was a teacher at Festac Girls Senior Secondary School until her death.
According to the guardian, a non-teaching staff in the school explained that
“She was rushing down to the school that day because her students had NECO Home Economics practical in the morning,” the staff said.
“She died on her way here. A teacher was brought in from another school to help the students.”
Mrs Ikeji who lived at Agege, had to commute daily to Festac Town to teach. She was transferred to Festac Girls in District V in 2015 from a school in Agege (District I).
Such a transfer, even if requested by a teacher, is usually difficult to achieve.
Another teacher, who was transferred from District I to Mile 2, also in District V, said the authorities of District I complained that there were fewer teachers in District V. Hence, the transfer.
Before her death, Ikeji pushed for her transfer back to District I in Agege on several times without any success. A teacher who knew her said the deceased was always fatigued due to the distance she had to travel every day.
“Moreover, she had a sick husband she catered to and combining that with the long journey to work affected her,” the teacher said.
An official of District V under which Ikeji worked said there are currently many teachers who travel far distances to work every day.
“Sometimes, these teachers build houses on the outskirts of Lagos, far away from their current duty posts,” the official said.
“In such cases, we cannot ask them to not move to their houses.”
“In some case, we transfer teachers to places where they are needed.
“There are teachers who travel to Mile 2 and Festac every day from Badagry. Some from Akute in Ogun State.” – – An official admitted
May her soul RIP.