 Members of the Nigerian Senate have called upon the federal and state ministries of education to mandate all schools across the country to move their crash and nursery classes to the ground floor of their high-rise building and implement safety protocols. Details in this report. This motion titled Orgents Need to mandate schools to locate crash and nursery classes on the ground floor of high-rise buildings and enforce safety measures was sponsored by Senator Abulé Idiat Oluronte representing Lagas West Senatorial District and received support from all the senators. Nationals would grieve the death of the toddler David Etting Udo on the 24th of October 2023 who fell from a school high-rise building at Emeralds International School in Abia State. For them to know that the incident brought to the fore again the issue of safety in our schools, particularly for babies and toddlers in crash and nursery schools across Nigeria. Aware that accidents do occur including falling from multi-floor buildings in our schools resulting in injuries, temporary or permanent disabilities, in some cases, death. This motion stems from a tragic incident involving a two-year-old pupil David Etting from Emeralds International School who lost his life in the fall from a three-story building in Abia State on October 24 2023. In support of the motion Senator Abamuro representing Baywy North suggested that regulators should be mandated to take appropriate actions to prevent such incidents from recurring in the future. Accidents of this nature do not have particulars. They do not have religious colors. It is like the rain. It falls on every roof and any roof and so all of us must rise up to occasion and very effectively represent our people by ensuring that our regulators live up to their responsibility by ensuring that school structures are designed properly and especially that our future generation are protected. Other senators who supported the motion faulted development control on design approval and school authorities on the facilities converted to school buildings. There is no way a school can have a high-rise building for toddlers without putting in place safety measures so this type of thing will not happen. I think it's the fault of the authorities in the first place to allow anyone to use any facility to be used as school. It is wrong. If proper thing is done in terms of giving approval for those who want to establish schools by making sure that each facility any facility to be used for such purpose conform with what is needed of such a facility. During the Monday plenary lawmakers also urged the Nigerian police to promptly initiate an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the toddler's death. Amongst other resolutions they also urged the relevant ministries to enforce safety protocols in schools as enshrined in a national policy on safety, security and violence free school. I do hope that with these resolutions of the senate today that state governments, the federal and others including private schools will see the need to implement safety procedures in their various institutions to avoid untimely death of our future generation. A one-minute silence was observed in honor of the young victim. Rest in. You get notified about fresh news updates.