December 08, (THEWILL) – The Lagos State Government has shut down Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School until January 2022.
Education commissioner Folashade Adefisayo made the announcement when she visited the school on Wednesday morning.
THEWILL had reported that a truck on Tuesday crushed some pupils of the school, leaving two dead and twelve others injured.
The incident sparked outrage among the students and inhabitants of the area.
Early Wednesday, students of the school protested the death of their colleagues.
Also, some parents trooped to the school on Wednesday to protest the death of the students.
They lamented that the school was not immediately shut down after the incident.
While weeping, a mother lamented that “It is embarrassing that the school reopened today. How will the government do such a thing? What do they want other mothers to be thinking of? My daughter is not in school and I have come to tell them that she must not fail. If they are heartless, I am not.”
Following the protest, the Lagos State Government has shut down the school.
The government said the move was to commiserate with families of the victims and to address all the issues raised by the parents and other stakeholders.
Announcing the development on Wednesday, Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, who visited the school and the injured students, said that the visit was to ascertain what transpired and commiserate with the deceased students’ families, their teachers and colleagues.
Adefisayo said the ministry would be keeping Nigerians, particularly residents of Lagos abreast of any development on the incident.
