The Federal Government has debunked media reports of an epidemic
outbreak at Queen’s College in Yaba, Lagos.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny
Echono, on Tuesday confirmed to Daily Sun that there was no cholera
outbreak in the school contrary to media reports that claimed
otherwise.
In a confirmatory message to Daily Sun not TheNigerialawyer in
Abuja, the Permanent Secretary said, “there was no cholera outbreak
but flu and malaria cases, which the Principal informed me have
been brought under control. I am on my way to Lagos for on the spot
assessment.”
Daily Sun reported on Monday that there had been panic at the
school over a disease outbreak, which was claimed to have affected
hundreds of students.
A parent had told Daily Sun that the health crisis might not be
unconnected to poor drinking facilities, contaminated foods and
unhygienic toilets at the prestigious secondary school.
A similar disease outbreak was recorded at the College in 2017,
which had claimed the lives of three students.
The Parents Teacher Association (PTA) Chairman, John-Alfred
Ofobike, told Daily Sun in Lagos that no fewer than 900 students
had been withdrawn from the school on health grounds in the last
two weeks since resumption.
He said that, though students were clearly infected, he could
not categorically state the exact ailment they were suffering
from.
He said he was at the school last Sunday and met many children
sick and expressed fear of an epidemic outbreak due to the
increasing number of students that were being returned home.
He said that between 700 and 900 students have so far been
withdrawn by their parents, even though the Principal of the
College, Tokunbo Yukubu-Oyinloye, countered the claim.
She said: “We don’t have any outbreak in our school. What is
happening to the students was just normal flu because of the cold
weather. Our doctor, Ojo, would have given you more details now but
he is busy with some government officials.”
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