The Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19, on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, said schools in the country will resume on January 18 until the Ministry of Education announces further directives.
Sani Aliyu, the PTF national coordinator, disclosed this on Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, 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,” he said.
Source: Signal
