BREAKING: Lagos state govt shuts down Chrisland schools
- Lagos state government has on Monday, April 18, shut down all Chrisland Schools in Lagos State indefinitely
- This followed a controversy generated over an “immoral act” engaged in by students of the school during a trip to Dubai
- Meanwhile, the government say it is committed to ensuring that adequate medical and pscyho-social support is provided
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Following the reported controversy over an “immoral act” committed by students of Chrisland Schools during a trip to Dubai, the Lagos state government has shut down the school indefinitely.
The shutdown notice was contained in a press statement on Monday.
Source: UGC
The statement read:
“The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to the alleged sexual violence case involving students of Chrisland Schools which occurred in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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“It is pertinent to note that all allegations are being investigated by the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including the Ministry of Education, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Ministry of Justice and the Lagos State
Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, whilst the criminal allegations have been escalated to the Commissioner of Police.
“In view of the allegations, we are committed to ensuring that adequate medical and pscyho-social support is provided.
“This is to reassure members of the public of the State Government’s commitment to safety and child protection, especially in ensuring that all child-centred institutions within the state, formulate and implement policies and systems that are compliant with the Executive Order (NO.EO/AA08 of 2016), Lagos State Safeguarding and Child Protection Program.
“We also use this medium to remind the general public that any person who engages in any visual depiction of sexu*lly explicit conduct involving a child, commits an offence and is liable to a custodial sentence of 14 years. This includes “producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing an image of child po*rnography”.
“In the meantime, all Chrisland Schools within Lagos State are hereby closed, pending further investigations.”
ASUU slams FG for prioritizing Kaduna-Niger Republic railway over education
Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again blamed the federal government for the ongoing strike in public universities.
The union’s national president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, stated in an interview with The Punch newspaper.
He said:
“The initial idea was that the government would have met all the demands within the four weeks. But since the government said they could not meet up with our demands in four weeks, we said let us give them eight weeks.
Source: Legit.ng
