No Order To Reopen Schools Yet - Ministry of Education

Speculations on the government's reopening of schools have been debunked by the Ministry of Education which states that the news is false and that there was no such order by the government. 

The education ministry's Director of Press, Ben Goong, said that the ministry had received no such order from the Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, as the directive to work from home is still in effect.

He has urged parents and wards to ignore such false stories circulating and that everyone should comply with the directive of the Federal Government during this pandemic crisis.

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Goong said, “On the issue of reopening of schools, the ministry has not directed the reopening of any school at any level. The purported press release by the minister to that effect is a clear forgery as it did not emanate from the minister.

“Parents, students and the general public are advised to please disregard the fake release. There is also another story making the rounds that the Federal Government has blamed the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities on vice-chancellors. At no time did any Federal Government official make that kind of statement.

“Any insinuation in that direction is simply emanating from the fertile imagination of the author and that the ministry has nothing whatsoever to do with it. Stakeholders and indeed the general public should disregard such statements. Stay at home, stay safe. Let’s work from home like I’m doing. Only the living can work or worship.”