SOJI AJIBOLA, Ibadan
Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has directed the suspension of the Provost of the College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Dr (Mrs) Cecilia Adebayo.
The governor’s action was in response to the provost’s reported fumigation of the institution, which resulted in hospitalization of no fewer than 100 students of the institution.
The officials of the Federal Fire Services that carried out the fumigation exercise have also been directed to report back to their office in Abuja.
Consequently, the Governor has constituted an 8-member panel to investigate the unfortunate incident.
Members of the panel are; Dr Oyebanji Filani, Commissioner for Health and Human Services (Chairman); Dr (Mrs) Olabimpe Aderiye, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology;
Princess Iyabo Fakunle-Okhiemen, Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources; Prof Bolaji Aluko, Director General, Office of Transformation and Service Delivery (OTSD); Mr Samuel Omoniyi, Director, State Fire Services; Prof Isola Olomola, Chief (Mrs) Dupe Ogundipe and Mr Isaac Okeowo Ajayi, Director Special Duties, Cabinet Office (Secretary).
The panel has been given two weeks to carry out the investigations and report back to the governor.
The governor, who is the Visitor to the College, empathised with all the affected students, even as he had directed that their medical bills be taken over by the state government, in all the hospitals they are being treated.
He urged students and parents to remain calm and desist from any violent conduct capable of affecting the peace of the town and the state in general.