BY LINUS CHIBUIKE
IN view of the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the country, the Federal Government, on Monday, hinted that it might review the January 18 resumption date earlier announced for schools across Nigeria.
The review, it said, might be inevitable, considering the ravaging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the “prevailing epidemiological circumstances.”
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this during a press briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.
He said this just as the PTF explained that COVID-19 vaccines could not be produced in the country, owing to several years of inadequate investments in the health sector.
Adamu said, “When we decided on that date, it was just a target towards which we were working. And of course, we are giving it a review given what is happening in the country.
“Today at the PTF meeting, we looked at the rising figures and decided that probably we should take another look at the date.
“The January 18 resumption date is not sacrosanct as it is subject to constant review in view of prevailing epidemiological circumstances.”
“We are reviewing it. In view of the rising cases, today we have considered it at the meeting of the PTF, and tomorrow, the ministry is going to take it up. So, most likely it is going to be reviewed,” he added.
