Chemical odour hits Ijebu Ode schools, over 90 students affected

The Ogun State Government has activated exigency biology and nationalist wellness effect measures pursuing a chemic odour incidental that reportedly affected much than 90 students successful Ijebu Ode.

The improvement was disclosed successful a connection shared connected the authoritative relationship of the Ogun State Government.

According to the statement, the incidental occurred hardly 1 period aft a akin outbreak was reported successful the country and affected students from schools including Our Lady of Apostles Girls School, Anglican Girls Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode Grammar School and Sambadola Private School.

The authorities stated that respective affected students were taken to wellness facilities aft reportedly complaining of abdominal symptom and related symptoms.

Top authorities officials, including the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, reportedly visited immoderate of the affected students receiving attraction and urged residents to stay calm arsenic investigations continue.

Speaking connected the development, the General Manager of the Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency OGEPA, Kehinde Bello, disclosed that the state’s Air Quality Monitoring Device installed astatine Ijebu Ode Grammar School detected elevated methane state concentrations wrong parts of the affected area.

According to Bello, the instrumentality recorded highest methane readings of about...