- Safiu Kehinde
Lagos State Government, Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools (SCRPS) has confirmed that no casualty was recorded at the Ikorodu school building collapse.
NPO Reported that the incident which occurred on Thursday at Odokekere High School.
While confirming the incident, the SCRPS, in a statement issued in Friday, held that all the rescued students are in perfect condition.
“All of our students are in perfect condition. The state government regrets the unfortunate incident,” the committee said.
It also disclosed that the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered probe into the incident with the students immediately relocated to nearby schools.
“However, a classified information from the SCRPS office reveals that the classroom block had already been marked for demolition in order to construct a befitting classroom edifice that will accommodate the huge population of students in the school.
“The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has also ordered immediate relocation of the pupils to nearby schools, so as not to disrupt their academic activities.
“A team of the officials of SCRPS will be visiting the school today to have an on-the-spot assessment of the incident in order to enable the government to work out modalities to begin immediate construction of an ultra-modern classroom block that will accommodate the huge population in the school,” it added.