Lagos State Govt Is Moving Towards Shutting Down An Indian School That Only Admits Indians...

There is an Indian school in the Ilupeju district of Lagos State that only accepts Indian nationals. The Lagos State government has threatened to close it.

The Lagos state government was tasked with looking into the school's closure after Nigerians accused it of "racially" excluding their children from attending.

Following the event at the Chinese supermarket in Abuja, where the store closed and refused to let Nigerian customers shop there, this is happening.

Speaking on Thursday, April 25, at the Ministerial Briefing celebrating the start of Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu's second term of office in Alausa, Ikeja, state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education Jamiu Alli-Balogun warned that if the state government's investigation deems the Indian school in Ilupeju to be at fault, it may take drastic measures against them.

“Officials of the state Ministry of Education have visited the school and investigation is being deepened to ascertain the veracity of the report. I can assure you that an appropriate action will be taken against the school if the investigation team found the school wanting. At the end of our investigation, if the school is found culpable, it would be shut down."

According to Alli-Balogun, the Lagos State Government has domesticated the Child Rights Act, which is violated when a kid is denied admission to a school.

He added, “No school has the right to deny admission to any child, in Lagos.” 

The commissioner stated that since 2023, at least 12 private schools in the state had been closed due to a variety of violations.

“At least 12 schools have been shut in Lagos for various offences in the year under review. In January 2024 alone four schools were shut for safety infractions and Illegal operations. We usually do not seal during school sessions. We only seal while the schools are on recess so as not to disrupt academic work. And this is done after profiling of the school and approval by the commissioner before we move into operation.” he said