Delta, Sokoto, Abia Defy Nigerian Govt Orders On Schools Resumption
The Delta State Government also insisted on the January 11 resumption date, adding that the country was a federation.
The Commissioner for Basic Education, Mr Patrick Ukah, had in statement on Wednesday in Asaba, urged boarders to return on January 10 as classes would start on January 11.
The commissioner, in an interview on Sunday, said the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chiedu Ebie, had issued a lot of statements about COVID-19 protocols and schools resumption.
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He said, “We are a federation. The Federal Government may have given a suggestion and advised that we can resume at a particular time. This is a federal system. It is not only Delta State that is resuming on January 11. Some states are resuming on Jan 4.”
In Sokoto State, one of our correspondents gathered that public schools owned by the state government would resume on Monday (today).
A ministry of education official, told one of our correspondents the state could not comply with PTF’s directive as academic activities were running smoothly in the state schools when the directive was issued.
The source said, “The directive, to my understanding, is for schools on holiday in some places and not public schools in Sokoto.
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“You will agree that the outbreak of COVID-19 altered our school calendar and resumption was staggered nationwide. The majority of our schools are starting their first term examination tomorrow, (Monday), and schools will go on break as from January 22, 2021, according to our calendar.”
Efforts to speak with the state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Bello Guiwa, on the issue did not succeed as calls and messages sent to his telephone had yet to be replied as of the time of sending this report.
The Abia State Government had on Thursday said all public and private schools would resume on January 11. On its part, the Rivers State Government directed its schools to resume on Monday (today).
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In an SMS sent to one of our correspondent, the Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, defended the decision of the state government and faulted the PTF on the January 18 resumption date.
