The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has ordered full investigations into the reported cases of food poisoning at St. James Primary School B, Owoope, Osogbo, the state capital.
The Governor also 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 on Tuesday morning.
The Chairman of the Local Government Education Authority, LGEA, Nathaniel Ojetola, who was at the forefront of the intervention efforts, disclosed that 18 students were treated and discharged.
The total student population of the school is 200, while 103 are within the population receiving food from the O-Meal programme.
Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, revealed that a government delegation is also visiting families of the affected students.
