Nigeria says no plan for reopening of school

No date has been fixed for the reopening of schools across Nigeria, said Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba on Monday.

The rumors that schools would reopen on June 21 are fake and did not emanate from the ministry, the minister told a regular COVID-19 daily news conference.

Any news about the reopening of schools would be communicated through the Presidential Task Force Committee on COVID-19, the minister added.

He said the reopening of schools would involve the advice of experts on when it would be safer to reopen schools, stressing that the government would avoid the mistake of shipping the students in and out of school.

The ministry, according to the minister, would not lead Nigerians into danger because it was in a hurry to reopen schools, adding that it would only reopen them when it was convinced that it was safe to reopen schools across the country.

He said the ministry was studying the time-table to know when it would be convenient as soon as there was ease on inter-state lockdown.

The minister also urged students and parents to be wary of fake news peddlers. Enditem