The Federal Government on Monday raised hope that full reopening of schools across the country is around the corner.
The Minister of State for
Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said even though no date has been fixed yet
for full schools’ resumption even though the Federal Government had continued
to engage stakeholders.
Nwajiuba said this during the
briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.
The minister, however, expressed
optimism that the date for resumption was around the corner, adding, that ”we
are not going to be brandishing dates.”
He disclosed that he and the
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, met some stakeholders in tertiary education
earlier in the day on the issue.
Nwajiuba said about 78
privately-owned universities were insisting that they were ready for resumption
while the response from government-owned universities was still “50-50.”
He said that after aggregating
opinions, he would return to the PTF to review the situation and then go ahead
to make a pronouncement.
The minister urged students of
tertiary institutions protesting the continued closure of their schools to be a
little more patient with the government.
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