The federal government is considering shifting the January
18th resumption date for schools over rising COVID cases.
In December, the presidential task force on COVID-19 had
asked schools in the country to remain closed until January 18, 2021.
But at a briefing on Monday, Adamu Adamu, minister of
education, said there are concerns about the scheduled date.
“It (January 18th date of school reopening) is not
sacrosanct. When we decided on that date it was just a target towards what we
were working on,” he said.
“Of course, we are
keeping it in view and looking at what is happening in the society and then it
is supposed to be subject to constant review. Even today at the PTF meeting we
looked at the rising figures and thought about if we should probably take another
look at it.
“On January 18th resumption, we are reviewing it, we are
going to review it… tomorrow the Ministry is going to take it up.”
Nigeria crossed the 100,000 mark of COVID-19 cases on
Sunday.
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