Senate demands probe of toddler’s death in Aba crèche

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The Senate has urged the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) to thoroughly investigate the circumstances leading to the death of a toddler, Master David Udo, a pupil of a creche, in a nursery school in Aba, Abia state.

This was a sequel to the adoption and debate of a motion titled: “Urgent need to mandate schools to locate their creche and nursery classes to ground floors of their high-rise buildings and implement safety protocols,” at plenary, on Monday.While presenting her motion, the Senator decried the death of master Udo, on 24 October 2003, who it was reported fell to his untimely death from a school high-rise building at Emerald International School Aba, Abia state.

She said many of the accidents may not have been reported appropriately to the supervisory authorities in states to cause the activation of necessary investigation and possible sanctions. Umeh commended the sponsor of the motion, describing her as a nationalist, though from Lagos but sponsored a motion of a matter that involved human life in Abia State.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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