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FG denies ordering reopening of schools
The Federal Ministry of Education on Sunday denied that government had ordered the reopening of schools in the country.
Descripting it as false news, the ministry called on Nigerians to disregard it.
Government made the denial in a statement by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Ben Goong, saying there was no such directive from the minister, Adamu Adamu, as everyone had been instructed to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Goong also called on parents, guardians and stakeholders not to allow themselves to be misled by fake news but should continue to abide by the Federal Government’s regulations to tackle the ravaging pandemic.
He 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.
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“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.”
It would be recalled that both the federal and state governments had ordered the closure of schools in the country in the wake of the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 disease in Nigeria.
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