Following the collapse of a school building in Ifo, Ogun State, the state government has constituted a committee to conduct integrity test on various school infrastructures in the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, disclosed this on Monday, during the inspection of the collapsed building at Agbado District Comprehensive High School, Ifo.
Arigbabu, who led a team from the Ministries of Education and Housing, said Governor Dapo Abiodun had earlier directed that a formidable committee be put in place to cater for school maintenance and rehabilitation.
Arigbabu said the committee would quickly move round the schools across the state to carefully evaluate the viability of existing structures to ascertain the possibility of usage alongside the newly rehabilitated and constructed ones.
He said, “The construction of the collapsed eight-classroom building started since 2007 and it has not been put into use because the present administration in the state could not guarantee its desirability for usage.
“The present administration in the state would not entrust its projects into the hands of any contractors without requisite capacity to meet up the with the standard required by the government.
‘’The incident happened on Saturday and there was no casualty of any sort and there would be quick intervention soon to replace the collapsed structure.
“We are setting up a technical committee to quickly ascertain the viability of similar structures in our schools, which we inherited and still meticulously working to confirm their desirability for usage because we are so conscious about the safety of our children and would stop at nothing to protect them and make them comfortable in the course of learning.
“I appreciate the school management and the entire staff for being diligent, hardworking and supportive.”
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