Presidency to unveil plans on reopening of schools on Monday ―Minister

Presidency to unveil plans on reopening of schools on Monday ―Minister

The Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemaka Nwajiuba has hinted that the Federal Government will formally unveil the plans for the reopening of schools on Monday next week after the adoption of the proposal by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Nwajiuba gave the indication on Thursday during PTF news briefing in Abuja, where he also debunked a media report credited to him that coronavirus pandemic was a sham and that the virus did not exist in Nigeria.

While insisting that COVID-19 is real, Nwajiuba maintained that he was quoted out of context by the reporter during his appearance before the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, to present the Ministry’s proposal on the reopening of schools.

He disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Education has developed a proposal for the reopening of schools based on the advice of members of PTF and that the proposal would be further x-rayed by the committee before submission to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval.

He said when this was done the plan for the reopening of schools would be formally announced on Monday next during the daily PTF briefing.