Headteacher of three-storey school building that recently collapsed in Ejigbo area of Lagos State, Kehinde Oke, has said the incident will not affect resumption and examinations.
A building, housing Excel College, Ejigbo area of Lagos state has collapsed on Saturday morning.
The school building is located at 15 Ansarudeen Street, Ile-Epo Bus Stop, Ejigbo area of Lagos state.
Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said that distress calls received established that the building collapsed at about 8:15am on Saturday.
Oke-Osanyintolu expressed;
INFORMATION GATHERED FROM SOME OFFICIALS OF THE SCHOOL REVEALED THAT THE BUILDING HAD PREVIOUSLY SHOWN SIGNS OF DISTRESS AND THE SCHOOL WAS PLANNING TO RENOVATE AND REFORTIFY THE STRUCTURE.
THE THREE-STOREY BUILDING HAS TWO WINGS CONJOINED, THE WING THAT COLLAPSED HAS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED THE SECOND WING AS VISIBLE CRACKS CAN BE SEEN ON THE WALLS, PILLARS AND DECKING.
He added that nobody was traded, no injuries and fatality was recorded.
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The school’s headteacher described the incident as unfortunate but thanked God no life was lost.
She stated:
First, we are grateful to God that no life was lost. Much as it is natural to feel the pain of such a loss in infrastructure, we give glory to God because we lost no student, staff or anybody at the end of the day.
Oke stressed;
We want to assure our parents and students that we have taken the development in good faith and working hard to mitigate its effects on resumption, especially the remainder of the SS3 final examinations in the coming weeks.
We are arranging facilities where the students will sit for the examinations. Parents and students have nothing to fear. We shall inform relevant authorities of our plans and actions. The students are guaranteed the traditional quality environment for the examinations.
