BREAKING: FG Announces Resumption Date For Poly, Universities and Secondary Schools

The Federal Government has fixed September 21, 2020, as a date for the reopening of Tertiary Institutions, Primary and Secondary schools in the country.
According to an information gotten by OduduwaNews from Campus Mata, the federal government disclosed this in a statement by the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu at the end of this week’s federal Executive Council meeting.
Adamu Adamu also said stakeholders were expected to continue to put protocols in place towards the reopening of schools according to the guidelines set by the Federal Ministry of Education.
According to him, all schools in the country are set to resume in phases with effect from Monday, 21 September for a completion of first semester examinations for tertiary institutions and abridged third term of the 2019/2020 academic session for Primary and Secondary Schools.
The statement read in part: “Having conducted an assessment of schools within the country to ascertain the level of preparations for general reopening of schools in the country, the federal government has scheduled schools to resume from the COVID-19 break on September 21st for a completion of first semester examinations for tertiary institutions and abridged third term of the 2019/2020 academic session for Primary and Secondary Schools, which is expected to end on October 30, 2020.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu also added that a televised broadcast will be made by Boss Mustapha, the chairman of Presidential TaskForce (PTF) on Saturday on the current phase of lockdown and for schools to resume from the COVID-19 break.
Lastly, he further revealed that the ongoing industrial Strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be resolved within the remaining weeks before the scheduled resumption date.
Stakeholders are engaging with the Union to bring an everlasting solution to the menace, he said.