Schools may reopen after interstate travel ban – Education minister
reopen in the country after the ban on interstate movement has been lifted.
The minister stated this during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on
COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday.
he said the ministry will not want to lead Nigerians into danger.
neighbouring countries that opened and shut. We have heard about cases spiking with
children getting into school. Of all the things I will like to do, I will not like to
experiment with your children.
school.
“I have just finished a meeting with the representatives of WAEC and NABTEB and I
understand how that worries our parents at the moment and how anxious our children
are to know what next.
open our schools if teachers can’t come. So, we are looking at somewhere after the
interstate lockdown is lifted. Because we will need that kind of openness for the
children to move.”
The Federal Government had in March shut all schools in the country as part of
measures to contain COVID-19.
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