Do you have an idea of the amount of decadence in the Nigerian school system, particularly in the rural areas? Whether your answer is yes or no, you need to watch the film, The Garbage School.
Quite instructive, the film is a remarkable effort towards extricating the educational system in the country from its present horrible state.
An adaptation of the novel, The Garbage School, written by Dr. Abduallahi Ismaila Ahmad, the spokesperson of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, the film is a focus on the decadence in the Nigerian school system with a view to providing solutions.
It is scheduled to hit the cinemas nationwide starting from September 24.
The film, produced and distributed by NolixxTv and directed by Jessica David, has as the lead character, Nkem Owoh, a multiple award winning actor and ace comedian.
It also features Sani Sani Danja, Ime Bishop Umoh, Vivian Pius, Prince Unigwe and Mary Apolo among others.
Ahmad spoke with FrontPage about the film:
“Two teenage friends, Yakubu and Chukwudi find themselves struggling to understand their fate in Dabo primary school to which they were newly transferred. “Finding learning extremely difficult with the headmaster constantly sending them off to his farm and ignoring their studies, they find strength in vulnerability and voice in their innocence by revolting against the system that has held them down.
“The film portrays the state of decadence in the school system especially as it affects the school children in rural communities in Nigeria. It seeks to draw attention to this situation with a view to remedying it.”
