COVID-19: Minister warns Oyo govt against reopening schools

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has warned Oyo State government against its plan to reopen schools from June 29.

In a statement by the spokesperson of Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Gooong, the minister warned that such decision if taken could increase COVID-19 infection figures in the state.

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, last week explained the state’s plans to reopen schools, worship centres and others against federal government’s directive on the closure. “Like all other sub-nationals, governors were under the Constitution of the Federal Government of Nigeria,” he said.Speaking on why the government cannot reopen schools at this time, the minister said the reopening of schools “could lead to the exposure of teachers, pupils, drivers, cooks, vendors, their family members and friends to the dreaded virus.”

He said a similar meeting was held in the Gambia on Monday to decide the fate of students waiting to write the West African Examination Council .

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