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We Didn’t Finalise That Schools Should Resume January 18 – FG Says
We Didn’t Finalise That Schools Should Resume January 18 – FG has said.
OnyxNews Nigeria gathered that the President Buhari led Federal government has denied January 18 for resumption of schools, says agreement was not reached.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, clarified that the Federal Government had reservations about the schools’ resumption on January 18.
Adamu on Monday said, while the states wanted to go ahead with the school’s resumption, the Federal Government was against it but had to reach a compromise since it does not control all the schools.
“We sat down, looked at the figures and we took the decision that schools should not open.
“Unfortunately, we have to state this because it is supposed to be a collective decision, but you must understand that the schools we are talking about, the Federal Government has only about 100 out of thousands of schools.
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“The schools are under the jurisdiction of states and just as the PTF was unanimous in saying that schools should not open, states were unanimous that schools should open.
“So, we have to compromise and as PTF we shall monitor what is happening on a daily basis. There could be some review again”, Adamu said.
Meanwhile, most of the schools in the Southern of Nigeria has resumed today, January 18.
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