Ogun State Government has said it would conduct a pre-requisite quality and integrity test on a building affected by rainstorm at Mayigi Community Comprehensive School, Ilase in Ipokia Local Government.
Rainstorm hit the school recently, destroying classrooms, which left a 14-year old pupil dead and five others, including two teachers, a food vendor alongside her seven-month-old baby, with injuries.
The government, which made this known through the Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, during an on-the-spot assessment of the school yesterday, said the building would not be in use until the structural integrity test on it was completed.
Salako-Oyedele, an engineer, who represented Governor Dapo Abiodun, said if the building was found satisfactory, the roof would be put back in place for the pupils’ immediate use.
She assured citizens that the Abiodun administration would ensure such occurrence did not occur again in schools.
She said the zonal education officer had been instructed to go round schools in the community to identify such abandoned buildings, in order not to put learners at risk.
The deputy governor reiterated the administration’s commitment to delivering qualitative and quantitative education to learners of school age.
She also visited the other victims of the building collapse receiving treatment at the General Hospital, Ipokia to comfort them on behalf of the governor.
Salako-Oyedele visited the parents of the deceased pupil to commiserate with them on the death of their son.
She pledged government’s support and continued safety of pupils by ensuring infrastructures in schools were in good shape.
Responding on behalf of the family, Mr Moses Amosun thanked Governor Abiodun, Deputy Governor Salako-Oyedele and others in the state delegation, saying although it was a painful loss; the presence of the state government had shown they were not alone.
