Ogun State Government has reiterated its determination towards ensuring conducive and safe learning environment for students across the state.
It has constituted a committee to conduct integrity test on school infrastructure.
Speaking during the inspection of a collapsed building at Agbado District Comprehensive High School, Ifo, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, who led the team from the Education and Housing ministries, 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 move round the schools across the state to evaluate the viability of existing structure, to ascertain the possibility of usage alongside the newly rehabilitated and constructed ones.
He noted that the construction of the collapsed eight-classroom building started since 2007 and has not been put into use because the current administration cannot guarantee its desirability for usage.
Arigbabu, therefore, gave assurance that the current administration would not entrust its projects in the hands of any contractor without requisite capacity to meet up with the standard required by the government.
He said: ‘’The incident happened last Saturday and there was no casualty of any sort. There will be quick intervention soon to replace the collapsed structure.
“We are setting up a technical committee to ascertain the viability of similar structure 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 will stop at nothing to protect them and make them comfortable in the course of learning.”
The Principal, Agbado District Comprehensive High School, Junior, Mr. Ayodeji Ogunleye, lauded the two ministries for the quick response, promising to do all within their capacity to maintain school infrastructure.