May 14, 2026

COVID-19: Nigeria to release guidelines for safe reopening of schools — FG

By Promise Amadi

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said it will release guidelines ahead of the reopening of schools in the country.

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made this disclosure during the press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja.

Mustapha while congratulating children in the country on the occasion of this year’s Children’s Day urged stakeholders to begin to take steps that would aid the reopening of schools in the country.

He said: “I wish to inform Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of Education will roll out measures for the self-reopening of schools.

“The Presidential Task Force wishes to use the occasion of this celebration to congratulate our children and assure them, their parents and all stakeholders alike that all hands are on deck to reopen schools at a safe time.

“We, therefore, use this medium to urge states, local governments, proprietors and all other stakeholders to begin to take steps that will facilitate an early and safe reopening.”

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