The National Universities Commission in Abuja on Tuesday said preparations were in top gear to reopen the nation’s universities after the forced closure due to COVID – 19 pandemic.
The commission said it was collating data on assessment of the level of preparedness by the various universities through their vice chancellors to determine if the universities were safe for resumption to both academic and non-academic activities.
According to him, a total of 32 universities in the country were carrying out researches on solution to the dreaded coronavirus in the country. He however regretted the expected resumption may be marred by strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities in public varsities. He noted that the pandemic had challenged knowledge system, which had proved inadequate and insufficiently robust enough to respond to the challenges.
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