Collapsed Amphitheatre: Adeleke Pledges To Bankroll Injured Students’ Medical Bill

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Saturday, through the Commissioner for Education, Hon Dipo Eluwole, visited Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, to assess the damage caused by a whirlwind that blew off the ceiling of the University amphitheatre, which resulted in injuries to some students of the institution.

.Eluwole who visited the school alongside Mr Murtala Jimoh, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, also said the state government will be footing the bill of the injured students.

During the visit, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Simeon Bamire, took the delegation to the site of the incident.

They later visit the injured students at both the university medical centre and the OAU Teaching Hospital in Ile Ife.

In a press statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, noted that Governor Ademola Adeleke has pledged to bankroll the medical bills of students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, who are receiving treatment in the University Health and Medical Centre and the Teaching Hospital Complex of The University.

The statement further said, “Elated that the affected students were responding to treatment, Honourable Dipo Eluwole, who was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary of Osun State Ministry of Education, lauded the University Management for its quick response to the emergency and prompt medical attention given to the students.

“Speaking to the four students being treated at the University Health and Medical Centre, the Commissioner commended their bravery and wished them quick recovery.

“At the Neurological ward of the University teaching hospital where two other students were being treated, Honourable Dipo Eluwole pleaded with their parents to see what happened as a natural occurrence, adding that torrential rain, harsh harmattan and scorching sun are an act of God which are not within the dictate of any homosapien.

“He, thereafter, informed the Vice Chancellor that Governor Adeleke has pledged to bankroll all medical expenses that may be incurred in the course of treatment of the students.

“Responding, the Vice Chancellor of OAU, Professor Adebayo Simeon BAMIRE, thanked Governor Adeleke for being so kind and loving, stressing that his fatherly role to the students and the good people of Osun State is commendable.

“Professor Bamire, then, prayed for more divine wisdom, knowledge and understanding for Governor Adeleke with sound health so that he would be able to take Osun State to much greater heights.”

It will be recalled that a torrential rainfall of early Thursday morning, accompanied by a whirlwind, which started as students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, were having a lecture in the Amphitheatre of the Oduduwa Hall, affected a part of the ceiling of the Amphitheatre as it fell off and injured a few of the students