On Saturday, a one-storey block of 10 classrooms collapsed after heavy rains at Agbado District Comprehensive High School in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Before it finally collapsed, the building had posed a danger to students and staff of the school.
It was gathered that the building was donated by a daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello when she was senator for Ogun Central District between 2007 and 2011.
Meanwhile, residents said the attention of the authorities was called to the dilapidated state of infrastructure in the school, but the state ministry of education ignored the calls.
The President of the Agbado District Old Students’ Association (ADCHSOSA), Ganiyu Olowu, who the building collapse was a disaster foreseen.
Olowu said his association repeatedly alerted the state ministry of education about the condition of the building and the danger it posed to students, but nothing was done.
His words:
“I sent a video showing the deteriorating look of the building to the immediate past commissioner for education but nothing was done. This (the collapse) happened on a Saturday. If it had happened on a Friday, we would have been talking about a calamity now but we thank God.
“We drew the attention of the former commissioner to the alarming state of the building. We were assured that a team would be sent to inspect the site. They did visit but no action was taken on this massive classroom project initiated by Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello many years ago.
“There are parts of the collapsed building that can cause more havoc when students are around.”
Mr Olowu used the opportunity to again call the government’s attention to the poor state of infrastructure in the school to forestall further incidents of building collapse.
