The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Students’ Engagements, Sunday Asefon, has solicited robust medicare for students, who sustained varying degrees of injury during the school collapse in Jos, Plateau State capital.
Asefon, had during the solidarity visit, remembered those who lost their lives in the highly devastating school building collapse, describing their sudden departure as saddening and mournful.
No fewer than 22 deaths and 132 injured, were recorded during a recent sudden building collapse at a primary and secondary school academy at Busa- Buji community, Jos North Local Government Area of the State.
Asefon in a statement released, on Tuesday, said he visited the survivors where they were receiving treatments , like: Plateau Specialist Hospital. Jos, Bingham University Teaching Hospital, and Our Lady of Apostles Hospital (OLA Hospital.
The Presidential Aide, who engaged the Chief Medical Directors of the hospitals, appealed to the staff of the medical facilities to put up their best professional skills and rescue those who sustained severe injuries in order not to increase the death’s tally.
He said: “on Monday, I visited Saint Academy Jos, the scene of the Jos school building collapse that left many students dead and several persons injured.
“I also visited the hospitals where the survivors were receiving treatments among which are, Plateau Specialist Hospital. Jos, Bingham University Teaching Hospital, and Our Lady of Apostles Hospital (OLA Hospital.
“The kernel of my visit was to ascertain the progress made and solicit for good medical attention for them, so that the deaths won’t increase further.
“I met all the Chief Medical Directors of the hospitals to discuss the progress of the treatments, as well the Plateau State commissioner for secondary education.
“It’s my prayer that God grants the departed souls eternal rest and quick recovery for all those hospitalised.”
On Saturday, Asefon, former President, National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS), had in a statement, expressed deep sympathies for the families of the victims, praying to God to grant them the requisite fortitude to bear the tragic loss.
The Presidential Aide, in his condolence letter to the government of Plateau State people and made available to Journalists, on Saturday, described the deaths as a monumental loss to the country.
Asefon described the incident highly devastating, saying such avoidable national tragedy could have been avoided with robust maintenance culture on school’s structures.
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