The Minister of Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, on Monday, gave
updates on reopening of tertiary institutions in the country.
Nwajiuba, speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential
Task Force (PTF) on COVID today, said they have had discussions with groups pressurizing
the government to reopen universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
He noted that COVID-19 is still virulent, while mandatory
guidelines haven’t been put in place by the institutions yet.
“We have reviewed responses from about 78 universities
already, most of which are private universities who are insistent that they are
ready to go.
“From the state-owned universities, we have a 50-50 response
and we are working to upscale that and make sure that everybody is actually
ready to go,” the Minister said.
Nwajiuba, however, expressed optimism that the institutions
would soon be reopened, but said he would not bandy dates around.
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