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Nigerian lecturers reject school reopening over Covid-19
A man hands out soap to people before they wash their hands at plastic wash basins under the gaze of security personnel at the Bakassi Internally Displace People's (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria on March 26, 2020. PHOTO | AUDU MARTE | AFP
What you need to know:
- The government's attempt to send children back to school comes at a time when Nigeria has passed the 36,000 mark of confirmed infections.
Abuja. Lecturers from more than 115 federal and State universities have aligned with 19 northern States in Nigeria to oppose re-opening of schools and the conduct of examinations for graduating students, citing a spike in Covid-19 cases.
The lecturers, through their embrella organisation -- Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) -- on June 18, advised the Nigerian government not to experiment with the lives of students.
