2024-02-11 01:46:58
The video of a municipal agent affixing seals to the facade of an establishment circulated on social networks this Friday, February 8, arousing emotion and questions. This is the Multipurpose Hotel Institute, scene of the terrible explosion which cost the lives of several students the day before in the Ndogbong district of Douala. A look back at this meaningful decision by Douala town hall, the day after the tragedy.
The private institute caught up after the tragedy
Local authorities took action in the aftermath of the tragedy. In a video widely shared on the Internet, we see a representative of the Douala Urban Community affixing administrative seals to the facade of the Ndogbong Polyvalent Hotel Institute.
A way of signaling the placing under supervision of this private training establishment, a few hours after the terrible accident which cost the lives of several of its students during a gas explosion.
Prohibitive prices pointed out
If the site’s poor security seems to have directly led to the tragedy, this is not the only criticism leveled at the Douala Hotel Institute. On social networks, many voices also criticize its prohibitive prices.
« In addition to the exorbitant prices charged, this institute does not help learners in their job search as promised to justify very high admission fees. » protests an Internet user under the video of the seals.
The institute ordered to explain itself
A recurring accusation taken up by numerous comments, denouncing an establishment driven more by profit than by a real educational concern.
In any case, the criticisms received are pushing the authorities to call the Polyvalent Hotel Institute to account. Following the fatal explosion and the sealing, those responsible were ordered to provide supporting documents on the security side but also on the financial level. An administrative investigation which echoes the judicial investigation opened…
Will the institute emerge unscathed from this terrible accident after having already been singled out in the past for its lack of consideration towards its students? The catastrophe could well mark its death knell…