The Nigerian songstress Simi has advised parents against sending their kids to boarding school after the unfortunate incident that resulted in the death of a 12-year old child.
Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has warned parents against putting their children in boarding schools following the death of a 12-year-old child.
Sylvester Oromoni, a student at Dowen Campus in Lekki, Lagos, was recently declared dead under questionable circumstances.
According to his cousin, some senior pupils of the college beat him up in his hostel because he refused to join a cult.
The school administration refuted this claim, claiming that the youngster complained of leg aches as a result of an injury he got while playing football.
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Due to the continuing inquiry, the state government ordered the school to be closed indefinitely on Friday pending the result of the investigation.
Following the order, officers from the Lagos State Ministry of Education raided the school and locked it off in the early hours of Sunday.
Simi reacts to the situation by recommending parents to avoid enrolling their children in board school since they are at a vulnerable age when they demand their parents’ attention and affection.
According to the songstress, schools, even as small as a daycare, traumatize children, and parents need to pay rapt attention.
Reacting to the incident on her social media platform, she wrote:
Ya’ll please don’t leave your babies in this hellish schools after you notice something is off because you think it will get better or because they apologizedEven daycare, primary schools. Many of them are traumatizing children, but many parents don’t even pay attention. “They beat me too. I did not die”Also, i’ve never been an advocate of boarding school. That age is so sensitive. They Need you. Most kids that want to go often do so for sus reasons lol and many parents do it cos they want free time. They need you. Even when they say they don’t or they’re mad at you – they need you.They need you to be present, to be in their faces and knowing everything about them. They need to be able to come to you about everything – not just to see them 3-4 months in a year, but to each his/her own i guess.The world is not a kind place. We have to stand in the gap for our children. Everyday. God help us.It is painful that a child had to lose his life for these conversations to be happening…
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