“Students who beat principal, destroyed facilities will fix N30m damage,” says Edo Govt

Dr. Joan Osa-Oviawe, the Edo State Commissioner for Education has stated that students involved in beating the principal and damaging school properties will pay N30m for the damages they have caused.

Dr. Joan while inspecting the affected school on Thursday said the government will shut down the school and reorganize it.

According to her the damages done to the school was much and that the students of the school would pay for the property damaged.

In Dr. Joan’s words:
“What the children did is unacceptable and we have zero tolerance for destruction of school property in the state.
“The school is going to be shut down and the government will reorganise it. The damages done by the students could be put at a minimum of N30m and government will not cough out that money that should have been used for other development in schools.
“We are meeting with schools and the governor gave us one week and a task force headed by the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has been set up to look at what happened.”

Recall that students of Idogbo Secondary School in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, Edo State, had last week Friday assaulted principal and teachers as well as destroyed school property during a riot, while one of the policemen attached to the school was stripped.