Two secondary schools in Akure, Ondo State capital, have been sealed up for failing to comply with COVID-19 protocols.
The Ondo State Government on Monday, August 3, 2020, spelled out some protocols to be followed for any school to reopen for exit students.
Affected schools are CAC Grammar School, Ondo Road, Akure and Akure Academy, Oba- Ile.
Akin Asaniyan, the permanent secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, said the schools were closed for not complying with all the COVID-19 protocols.
Asaniyan said some students from the two schools were seen roaming the streets, clearing bushes, and staying in unclean environment.
“There is no single preparation; therefore the schools will remain sealed until basic things are put in place.”
“This issue of COVID -19 is an unusual and strange trend and very dangerous issue which needed prompt attention because it involves lives”.
Source: The Nation
