Members of the House of Representatives have disagreed with the federal government over its decision to allow schools across the country to resume on Monday, January 18, 2021, amid the growing cases of the second wave of the COVID-19 infections in the country.
The Chairman house committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, who disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja, Saturday, opposed Monday resumption date.
The statement titled, ‘School Resumption: Are we truly prepared’ questioned the reason why the federal government decided to reopen schools at a time the country records over a thousand cases of COVID-19 infections daily.
“We are particularly concerned that when the infection rates hovered around 500 and under, schools were closed; but now that it hovers well above 1,000 infections daily, schools are being reopened. Why are we rushing to reopen schools without adequate verifiable and sustainable arrangements to protect and secure our children?” he queried.
Ihonvbere, therefore, demanded that the school resumption date be postponed for three months to enable government and schools to put necessary measures in place in compliance with COVID-19 guidelines.
