{"id":16517,"date":"2020-05-29T09:08:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16517"},"modified":"2020-05-29T09:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:08:39","slug":"gombe-govt-denies-claims-of-reopening-schools-on-june-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16517","title":{"rendered":"Gombe govt denies claims of reopening schools on June 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Inuwa-Yahaya.jpg\" alt=\"Woman killed, properties destroyed as flood ravage Gombe communities\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/covid-19-18-positive-cases-in-gombe-refuse-govt-isolation\/\">Gombe State<\/a>&nbsp;government has debunked reports that the Federal Government has fixed June 8 as resumption date for schools in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The claim was denied by the state\u2019s Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru, who also warned against the re-opening of schools in the state in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Dahiru also stated that the state ministry of education was yet to receive any circular from relevant agencies on resumption date for schools in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe decision to close schools was in the best interest of pupils and students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe did not close the schools on our own. There were directives and these directives were received based on the technical guidelines given by World Health Organisation (WHO) and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/NCDC\">Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe directive was given by relevant authorities, if we are going to re-open schools, we will need the same directive and this will only be when it is safe to open schools again,\u2019\u2019 Dr Dahiru noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioner added that there was no plan in the state to re-open schools until the virus was put under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSchools must be fumigated and made ready; teachers and students properly sensitised and all other measures taken before schools will be re-opened,\u2019\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Gombe State&nbsp;government has debunked reports that the Federal Government has fixed June 8 as resumption date for schools in the country. The claim was denied by the state\u2019s Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru, who also warned against the re-opening of schools in the state in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gombe govt denies claims of reopening schools on June 8 &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16517\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16517#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Gombe govt denies claims of reopening schools on June 8\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gombe govt denies claims of reopening schools on June 8 &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16517","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16517#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gombe govt denies claims of reopening schools on June 8"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=5\" rel=\"category\">Education<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The&nbsp;Gombe State&nbsp;government has debunked reports that the Federal Government has fixed June 8 as resumption date for schools in the country. 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