The Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Uwajiuba, says the ministry now has sufficient information to make decision on school reopening.
He however said that such information and decision would have to be presented to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.ADVERTISEMENT
The minister also refuted reports that a statement credited to him that Coronavirus was a sham, remained in the figment of the reporters’ imagination. The minister said that part of what he said was the reason the children were kept at home, saying “our children are kept at home because we may not know who is infected”.
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