No fewer than 18 students of St James Primary School, Owoope area of Osogbo were rushed to hospital after consuming food served to them by the cooks working with Homegrown school feeding programme locally called O-Meals programme.
The government in a statement by Kolapo Alimi, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment said Governor Ademola Adeleke on Monday evening ordered a full investigation into the alleged food poisoning after it was reported to him.
The State Governor , Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke directed immediate action when the matter was reported to him by the Special Adviser on O-Meal, Mrs Grace Oluwaseyi Ayodele.
The Governor has subsequently directed stoppage of further food cooking at the affected school pending the outcome of the investigations.
The affected cooks in the said schools alongside the Planning officer for the O-Meal programme have also been summoned to a meeting by Tuesday morning.
Additionally , the Governor has directed enforcement of food standard and control as well as the auditing of the O-Meal structure to forestall future occurrence.
Meanwhile, the Government is settling the medical bills of the affected students as narrated by the Chairman of the Local Government Education Authority, Mr Nathaniel Ojetola.
The LGEA Chairman who was at the forefront of the intervention efforts disclosed that a total number of 18 students were treated and discharged.
The total student population of the school is two hundred while one hundred and three are within the population receiving food from the O-Meal Programme.
A government delegation is also visiting families of the affected students.
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