By Yusuf Olatunji
Ogun government has commenced a Safer Schools Initiative with the demolition of all shanties and makeshift structures placed on setbacks and fences of all public schools in the state.
Leading the exercise in the state capital, Abeokuta,the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment who doubles as Chairman Ogun State Environmental Taskforce on Compliance and Enforcement, Alhaji Farook Akintunde said the exercise is to ensure that students are safe when in schools as these shanties and makeshift structures are hideout for criminals.
"You are aware of a lot of kidnapping cases throughout the country.Schools are cheap targets where they can strike ,so the state government is been proactive by demolishing them to make the students safer"
"The schools must therefore be open for all to see and not covered in the name of trading.These shanties sometimes harbor criminals and the state government is determined not to have any kidnapping occurrence in its schools.
"Aside from these ,those shanties and structures also distract students from proper learning due to the trading activities going on in them which is not good for their learning processes."
Over three hundred shanties and structures were demolished at St John's Primary School,Kuto,Nawair-Den Primary School,Oke -Ijeun, Nawair-Den Secondary School,Oke-Ijeun, Baptist Primary School, Idi-Aba all in Abeokuta.
Akintunde also used the opportunity to warn Headteacher and Principals against allocating government setbacks near the wall of their schools saying that it contradict environmental laws.
Meanwhile the state Taskforce has demolished all shanties and makeshift structures at Panseke Market.
They were found guilty of street trading and disturbing vehicular movement in the area.
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