Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the closure of all dilapidate public schools across the state.

Students and pupils of the affected schools are to be relocated to other schools, which the state government is yet to announce.

However; Governor Obaseki specifically directed that pupils and staff of Holy Aruosa Primary School in Benin City should be relocated to the nearby Agbado Primary School.

The directives were made after the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, visited Holy Aruosa Primary School yesterday morning to assess the level degradation of the structures.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, disclosed in a statement that the state government had initially ordered the relocation of the school and was shocked to notice that it was still in use by the teachers and pupils.

To this end, Osagie said Governor Obaseki has ordered an investigation of the flaunting of his directive, including allegations that some teachers who do not wish to be transferred had retained the pupils in the school for selfish reasons, despite the unsafe condition.