The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) led by Mr Biodun Ogunyemi the spokesman for Universities in the Nation has issued a warning against the plan on reopening of schools by the federal government amid the Covid-19 pandemic rampant in Nigeria
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Breifing in an interview with NAN on Monday, Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU president, said the federal government should address challenges facing the education sector before it can talk of reopening schools.
Ogunyemi also urged the government to take Full responsibility by meeting the conditions put in place by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) before reopening schools.
“The federal government must lead and show the ways by meeting the conditions for reopening of schools before any school can be allowed to open, because COVID-19 pandemic is a health challenge,” he said.
“When it comes to public health, it is something that should not be left in the hands of an individual, but the Federal Government must take the lead.”
The ASUU president said it is a hard decision that the federal government is considering reopening schools when they do not have financial capacities to meet the conditions by the NCDC.
“It is suicidal to reopen schools now, if the federal government itself could not meet the conditions spelt out by NCDC and World Health Organisation (WHO).
The nation will expose the innocent children to risks which is avoidable,” he said. Ogunyemi also pleaded to the government to provide the running funds for the principals and headteachers so that they could provide some of the required facilities in their schools before reopening them.
He added that inadequate funds by many parents would hinder them from providing some of these amenities needed for reopening of schools.
"You need to let Nigerians know the guidelines that you plan on using as a perfect way to reopen schools"
Ogunyemi tells the federal government.
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