The Federal Government has declared full reopening of all schools in Nigeria by October, 12. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made the announcement on Friday in Abuja. He also directed all Federal Colleges also known as Unity schools, to reopen on same October 12. Adamu said State Governments and private school owners are at liberty to open based on COVID-19 protocols developed for safe reopening of schools.
The minister said the decision was reached after exhaustive deliberations with education stakeholders in the public and private sector as well as international and development partners. He urged all state and private schools to work out their modalities to reopen their schools.
The minister warned that any school found flouting any COVID-19 safety guidelines will be closed down.
The development came about six months after Nigerian schools nationwide were closed down by the government to stem the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic.
