The federal federal government has disclosed that universities nationwide will quickly be opened without the need of providing any individual day when the reopening of faculties will take location.
The minister of condition for training, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made the disclosure on Thursday, May 21, for the duration of the briefing by the presidential endeavor pressure on COVID-19, Tribune studies.
He, nonetheless, claimed that the reopening of colleges will not be carried out in two months as becoming speculated in some quarters.
The minister said that the schools would be reopened when the security of the college youngsters could be assured.
He famous that the federal government was getting cautious not to endanger the lives of the school children.
Nwajiuba stated that the ministry of education and learning was striving to put measures in put that will ensure the security of children right before the faculties are reopened.
The federal authorities experienced requested the indefinite closure of educational establishments nationwide as part of actions to reduce the distribute of COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, the ministry of humanitarian affairs, catastrophe management and social advancement mentioned the record of all taking part suppliers in the modified University Feeding Programme will be submitted to the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC).
The Humanitarian Affairs minister, Sadiya Farouq, who claimed this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 every day news briefing on Friday in Abuja, pointed out that it was for the objective of transparency and accountability.
She claimed the modified faculty feeding programme was staying funded by the federal authorities, executed by states and facilitated by the ministry.
The minister mentioned it was targeted at heads of households, guardians and caregivers of the pupils, already benefiting from the Nationwide Residence Developed College Feeding Programme (NHGSFP).
She pointed out that the vendors had been on the programme considering the fact that inception and that they were being not new. She mentioned that the ministry had also invited Civil Culture Organisations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to help with checking of functions.
In a further report, the National Association of Nigerian Learners (NANS) has explained as a misplaced precedence the selection by the federal government to keep on feeding pupils at dwelling, vowing to stage “a mom of all protest” if the strategy is not retraced.
Talking with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Could 15, Danielson Akpan, NANS president labelled the system as an try to siphon the country’s fund as there are lots of initiatives governing administration can look at through coronavirus crisis, Tribune studies.
Akpan puzzled how the govt would justify withdrawing N697 million it proposed to spend each day which actually quantities to N13.5 billion a month.
