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General News of Monday, 13 April 2020

Source: BBC

Students not returning to school yet - FG

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.)

Nigerian students will have to wait until the coast is clear before returning to school after the Federal Ministry of Education stated that it did not order immediate resumption.

The message debunks widespread rumour circulating social media claiming that the Ministry has called back students and teachers.

Recall that MyNigeria.com informed you that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) ordered the closure of all schools nationwide in March due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Contrary to the rumours, Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, has not given such directive, The Director of Press in the Ministry, Ben 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.”