Schools Resumption: Reactions continue to greet FG directive
Different reactions have greeted the federal government’s directive that students in senior secondary school should resume on Tuesday in preparation for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations starting on August 17th.
While WASSCE candidates would resume in Cross River state on Monday, SSS3 pupils in Ondo, Lagos, Benue, Kwara and Ogun states are preparing for resumption on Tuesday
Enugu, Gombe and Rivers states have yet to announce the resumption dates for their students, unlike Ekiti state, where students will resume on August 10.
Reports say many state governments had yet to provide running water, hand-washing points and other non-pharmaceutical materials stipulated in the presidential task force on COVID-19 guidelines for resumption of schools.
Some stakeholders such as the Nigeria medical association have condemned the timing of the resumption, saying it would only worsen the COVID-19 situation of the country.
However, the minister of state for education, Emeka Nwajiuba, explained that only COVID-19 protocol compliant schools would resume.
According to him, schools must provide running water and hand-washing points sanitisers.
