{"id":12663,"date":"2020-05-11T08:51:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T08:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12663"},"modified":"2020-05-11T08:51:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T08:51:31","slug":"buhari-govt-gives-update-on-reopening-of-schools-amid-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12663","title":{"rendered":"Buhari govt gives update on reopening of schools amid COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Adamu-Adamu.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government has warned that all schools across the country shall remain closed as part of efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education\u2019s directive was contained in a circular signed by the ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary, Sonny Echono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adamu warned against resumption of schools at all level, stressing that they remained closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the circular entitled: \u201cManagement of Coronavirus Pandemic,\u201d the Minister urged Nigerians to ignore fake news making the rounds on resumption of schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The circular reads: \u201cFurther to our earlier circular, FME\/PSE\/HE\/1041\/C 1\/Vol.1\/137 of 19th March, 2020, this is to confirm that all schools shall remain closed as we monitor developments on the containment of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is without prejudice to officers on essential services and other operational exigencies as may be determined by the chief executive of each institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll chief executives and other stakeholders are to ignore \u2018fake news\u2019 on the subject matter in the social media as the situation is under constant review and any decision on the resumption shall be conveyed through the appropriate channels.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Education Ministry sent the circular to the Executive Secretaries, National Universities Commission, NUC; National Board for Technical Education, NBTE; National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, and the Director, Basic and Secondary Education, BSE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria, federal government had placed a ban on social gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has warned that all schools across the country shall remain closed as part of efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus. 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