{"id":22830,"date":"2020-06-29T14:49:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22830"},"modified":"2020-06-29T14:49:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:49:42","slug":"asuu-to-nigerian-govt-dont-reopen-schools-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22830","title":{"rendered":"ASUU TO NIGERIAN GOVT: Don\u2019t reopen schools yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday urged the Federal Government not to reopen schools yet due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ASUU president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi<\/a>, who made the call in a chat with journalists in Ota, Ogun State, charged the federal government to address the challenges in the education sector before thinking of reopening the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also implored the government to first meet the conditions spelt out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) before reopening schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ASUU president said: \u201cThe federal government must lead and show the ways by meeting the conditions for reopening of schools before any school can be allowed to open, because COVID-19 pandemic is a health challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen it comes to public health, it is something that should not be left in the hands of individuals, but the federal government must take the lead\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He listed the conditions spelt out by NCDC to include provision of materials for regular washing of hands, face mask, isolations centres, space for social distancing and hands sanitiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ogunyemi added that many of the schools do not have financial capacities to meet those conditions and requirements for reopening of schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u201cIt is suicidal to reopen schools now, if the federal government itself could not meet the conditions spelt out by NCDC and World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe nation will expose the innocent children to avoidable risks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The federal government had in March ordered the closure of schools across Nigeria in a bid to check the spread of COVID-19<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the government had started consultations with stakeholders in the sector on the modalities for the reopening of learning facilities across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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