The Katsina State Government has directed all tertiary institutions in the state not to reopen as part of safety measures to curtail further spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This was made known by the Commissioner of Information AbdulKareem Sirika, while briefing newsmen of the latest development on the war against the pandemic in the state.
Sirika said, “The institutions have students who would be returning form different part of the country with different COVID-19 status, so we allowing them to return to school may escalate the situation, so for us to be on a safer side, it is best they are not reopen for now.”
While buttressing the decision of the state, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Higher Education, Bashir Ruwangodia said the decision of the state is in line with the national and global protocols against the pandemic.
The Special adviser expressed the readiness of the state to reopen tertiary institutions once they receive guidelines from the National University Commission (NUC) or the Federal Ministry of Education.