Tertiary institution students have threatened to stage a protest if the Federal Government fails to announce a date for resumption of academic activities in all institutions of learning within the next two weeks.
The students under the aegis of the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), National Association of University Students (NAUS) and National Association of Colleges of Education Students (NANCES), made this known at a virtual meeting.
The groups decried FG’s approach towards resumption of learning institutions in the country, lamenting that students have been at home since March when schools were shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
They also faulted government’s decision to pull out of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASCCE).
Urging the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, to reconsider participation of Nigerian students in the terminal examination, they said WAEC could be taken, while observing social distancing and other safety protocols.
The groups said;
It is hardly feasible that coronavirus may be eradicated in a fortnight and after months of observing several safety measures, there are little or no gains in the results so far recorded.
Huge funds have been used to contain the spread of the virus, but we still have poorly equipped medical centres across the country.
They also charged the government to stop salaries of university teachers and other officials for advocating the continued closure of schools without proffering solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There has been controversy over the resumption of academic activities in the country.
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The FG had earlier approved reopening of schools for graduating students to write examinations, but it later rescinded the discussion over coronavirus fears.
