Whoever composed the song "Rain, rain go away" must have been standing in a pond of flood water at one of Lagos State's public schools. Students at Oluwa Primary and Araromi Primary schools in Olodi-Apapa had to wade to their classrooms in knee-deep water on Thursday due to the heavy rains Lagos has had recently.
"Just look at everything," said a teacher at Araromi Primary School. "Our students cannot play. They are limited by this flood."
Watch video of flooding in a school
Younger kids who looked like they could be overcome by the water were borne on the backs of older students or their parents.
"I have to carry my child come here every day (sic)," said Amaka Oliseh, who bore her daughter on her back. "I no want my child to put her leg for the dirty water. I beg the government to do something about this water."
Another parent, Adaobi Nzube, said she regretted sending her child to a public school.
"You hardly see this kind of thing in private schools," she said. "Poverty is a disease. Government should try and do something before our children die here."
Bayewu Kamal, the chairman of Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area where the schools are situated, said that the government was trying to work on the flood problem.
"We are aware," he said. "We have been draining water there but the school is below the water level. So what we are doing is an imperative measure. We cannot get a permanent solution immediately."
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