UPDATED: LAGOS STATE ORDERS PROBE INTO COLLAPSED SCHOOL BUILDING
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The incident, which occurred on Thursday evening after school hours, sent fear into residents in nearby buildings who were jolted by a thunderous sound.
Lagos State Government, Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools (SCRPS), while confirming the collapse, said the affected building was a classroom block in a bungalow.
It, however, stated that “no casualty was recorded at the building collapse”.
“All of our students are in perfect condition. The state government regrets the unfortunate incident,” it revealed in a statement on Friday.
According to the agency, confidential evidence shows that the classroom block was already scheduled for demolition in order to build a suitable classroom. Additionally, it revealed that Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, has mandated that the students be transferred to neighboring institutions right away.
“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
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