PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu
By Our Reporter
Barring any unforeseen hiccups schools in Nigeria will resume on January 18, 2021 until the Ministry of Education announces further directive. This is according to the T Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, on Tuesday stated this while featuring on TVC’s Your View breakfast show.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had on Monday, said the Federal Government would review the January 18 earlier date fixed for resumption of schools across Nigeria.
The minister, who spoke at a PTF briefing in Abuja, attributed the decision to the second wave of COVID-19 currently ravaging the country.
Speaking further on the issue on Tuesday, the PTF coordinator said the minister did not say the date has been changed.
Aliyu said, “As regards schools, I just want to make a clarification, what the minister said yesterday was that they were going to review, he didn’t say that they were going to change the date. He said they will review the situation and let the nation know.
“So, for the moment, it is still 18th January until the ministry of education comes back either with an alternative date or reconfirm that.”
