COVID-19: Reps ask FG to reverse decision on 2020 WASSCE

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The federal government said on Wednesday that Nigerian students would not participate in the 2020 WASSCE due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Related NewsThe Chairman of the committee, Julius Ihonvbere , made the committee’s position known in a statement in Abuja.

Mr Ihonvbere said he recalled that the minister of state for education had on several occasions during live press conferences by the Presidential Task Force on, assured Nigerians that all steps were being taken to ensure full compliance with all COVID-19 protocols in schools. “The reversal also shows that our policy makers may just be adopting a laid-back approach to the need to confront the novel coronavirus rather than taking proactive and creative steps to manage and contain it,” he said.

“The Federal Ministry should not chicken out of its responsibilities, but take charge, provide policy direction, engage the states and other stakeholders.

 

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