Dowen Collage Saga : Lagos state government commiserates with parents of deceased student of Dowen college
The Lagos state government has commiserated with the Parents
of Sylvester Oromoni jnr who is the 12-year-old student of Dowen college who
died recently.
Mrs Folasade the Lagos
state commissioner for Education while speaking on the incident said it is very
shocking and that the state is very sad about the loss of the promising youth.
She also stated that a delegation of top-level management staff of relevant
ministries, Departments, Agencies, and the police has visited the school on a
fact-finding mission.
According to the
commissioner for education, preliminary investigations revealed that the late Sylvester
Oromoni was indeed enrolled as a student of Dowen college in its boarding
facility and had been treated by the school medical personnel before the school
requested that his parents take him away for further care.
“The State Government is in touch with the parents
at this difficult time. We reassure the family of the late Sylvester Oromoni
and Lagosians at large that efforts are being made to unravel the circumstances
leading to his demise, even as we reiterate the government’s commitment to
Child Protection and Safety in the State”, the Commissioner said.
