'CONFERENCE HALL'- SENATORS COMPLAIN OVER POOR QUALITY OF RECONSTRUCTED SENATE CHAMBER. (PHOTO).
‘Conference Hall’ – Senators complain over poor quality of reconstructed Senate Chamber Senators on Tuesday expressed anger over the condition of the reconstructed Chamber, which they described as a ‘mere conference room’. Controversy has trailed the refurbished Senate Chambers since plenary resumed in the facility last week. Last Tuesday’s plenary was trailed by confusion as some Senators quarreled over sitting arrangements in the renovated chamber. During plenary on Tuesday, complaints over the standard of the Chambers led to a rowdy session which lasted for about 15 minutes and eventually forced the Senate into executive session. The Chief Whip of the Senate and lawmaker representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, who raised the issues through Order 42 of the Senate Standing Rules, said, “What is supposed to be a Chamber, has been turned into a Conference Hall”, a development which he said is not acceptable. “Mr President, I rise to make disturbing observations on this supposedly renovate
The affected schools are Honesty private school located at 4/6,Akintayo Akinbola street,Surulere,Heibenah Montessori schools at 78,Agbebi street,Ijeshatedo in Surulere and Elyon Ambassador private school at 3,Mabayoje street,Oshodi.According to the state Commissioner for Education,Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye,she said the affected schools were also operating in residential/converted structures where in some shops were attached to the building in question without provision for special rooms and other reqquired facilities.The schools shared fence with another registered private school,and it was also discovered that they did not provide required records upon demand from officials of state ministry of Education while those who provide some records were not properly updated.
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