Lagos State Roasts School Children
May 17, 2008 by 
Che Oyimnatumba
Ashimole Felix/Abuja.
In attempt to expand the narrow roads of Lagos State to accommodate the mega-city dream of the Lagos state government, an excavator working on the Ijegun-Iseri-Jakande Estate, Isolo road, ignited a combustion that has claimed not fewer than 30 lives. Nigerian Red Cross puts the casualty at 50. Some of the schools affected by this inferno are; Saint Saviour’s Nursery and Primary School; Queen Marie’s College and Ijegun High School.
A great number of pupils of this school cannot be accounted for as at press time.
Unlike previous pipeline explosions caused by faceless vandals, the Lagos State government should be held responsible and made to bear the brunt of the law. Is the Lagos State ministry of work not aware of the pipelines? The NNPC spoke person Dr. Levi Ajuonuma in a statement said that the Lagos State government embarked upon the construction along NNPC right of way without authorisation from NNPC.
In recent times, Lagos State in a bid to define the powers of the federating units in Nigeria have embarked on a lot of issues without due respect for the federal government. Under Governor Tinubu, it was the creation of Local Government Areas while his successor Governor Fashiola is baring his fangs by insisting that Lagos State government will start issuing her own drivers licence which has been the sole responsibility of the Federal Road Safety Commission.
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