Update: ASUU Urges FG Not To Reopen Schools Until 2021

Update: ASUU Urges FG Not To Reopen Schools Until 2021

Happy Sunday guys! Here's an update from today's report on the reopening of schools in Nigeria amid the corona virus pandemic. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told the Federal Government not to reopen schools until 2021.

Reports from the PUNCH stated that the union advised the government to shut down schools until 2021 to ensure adequate preparations, citing the case in some countries such as Kenya.

The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, who made the recommendations in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, said no reasonable government would take such chances unless parents would be told to sign an undertaking.


According to PUNCH, Ogunyemi said, “Look, Kenya has said they have closed all their schools till next year (2021); they too have exams to write. Safety first. If it means closing the schools until next year to safeguard the lives of Nigerian children and safeguard the health of all Nigerians, so be it.

“So, if that will help us to address cases that can lead to increase in mortality, I think Nigerians should go that way and all of us should see reason for it. If they need to cancel admission for the year, it is good for them. Life matters first, people must have life first before they can go to university. Are the universities ready to work now?


“Our position is that they should not experiment with the lives of our children. Nobody can tell; the situation may soon normalize and they can do their exams and there is another opportunity for external candidates around November. So, it’s not as if the door is totally closed..."


Source: PUNCH

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