The founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, has advised the Federal Government against waiting till all towns and villages in the country are free from COVID-19 before reopeni
ng schools.
Babalola listed the conditions under which “private institutions should be allowed to resume academic activities within four weeks”.These, he said, included that “the school must establish that it has residential accommodation for all students including most, if not all the staff. “The university must have in place the following testing machines: Polymerase Chain Reaction and Serological Test Machine.
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