The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed
vice-chancellors of universities to resume academic activities on January 18.
This is in accordance with the directive of the Presidential
Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
The directive was contained in a statement signed by NUC’s
Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki, on behalf of the
Executive Secretary, Professor Abubakar Rasheed.
Maiyaki urged universities to safeguard lives by strictly
adhering to the extant safety protocols and the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) guidelines, which have been communicated severally to the
Nigerian University System through NUC’s circulars.
“I am to add that universities on resumption of academic
activities, must under no circumstance violate the full cycle of the semester
system, consistent with the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS)
approved by the NUC, as well as other extant quality assurance standards and
guidelines,” the statement noted.
Nigeria’s public universities have been closed since March
2020, after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on a
strike.
There was also a lockdown imposed to contain the spread of
COVID-19.
ASUU suspended the strike on December 23, 2020, after the
federal government met their demands, including paying the lecturers their
outstanding salaries using an older payment platform, GIFMIS, different from
the controversial IPPIS.
The NUC, however, advised officers on Grade Level 12 and
below to remain at home for a five-week period, as earlier directed by the
federal government.
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