Adelani Adepegba and Deborah Tolu-KolawoleThe Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria has criticised the Federal Fire Service for carrying out fumigation at the Ekiti State Government-owned College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero Ekiti.
Its position was contained in a statement on Friday by its Head, Public Affairs, Kehinde Openibo, titled, “Re: 100 students collapsed after inhaling fumigation chemicals in Ekiti,’ in reaction to the Wednesday incident at the college where about 100 students were said to have been hospitalised following fumigation of the school by men suspected to be from the Federal Fire Service.The state government had suspended the school provost in response to the incident.
The council also observed that the same document has been sent to other ministries, departments and agencies.