The Presidential Task Force has warned state governments against hasty reopening of schools.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha, cited how haste reopening of schools disrupted the COVID-19 management situation in some other countries.
He clarified that the presidential task force is not discouraging reopening schools but the state governments should ensure that safety measures and facilities are put in place.
He said, “It is in the above context that the PTF appreciates the on-going calls for re-opening of the education sector and indeed some sub-nationals are already making preparations for such.
“Whilst the PTF does not discourage making such preparations, we need to be guided by experiences from countries such as Germany, France, the United States, and the UK where opening of schools in some cities led to an increase in confirmed cases and fatalities,”He added.
He however noted the number of recorded cases of coronavirus has been descending gradually over the last three weeks noting that, in the last four months of testing, the lowest daily figure of confirmed cases (138) was reported on 30th August 2020.
