Reps oppose school resumption, propose three-month postponement
The House of Representatives has faulted the Federal Government for giving schools the greenlight to resume on Monday despite the increasing cases of COVID-19.
The House said government officials did not consult the relevant committees of the National Assembly, contrary to their claim that all relevant stakeholders were consulted before arriving at the January 18, 2021, resumption date.
It, therefore, demanded postponement of resumption for three months, where necessary safety measures weren’t put in place and compliance with protocols low.
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Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, disclosed these in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Saturday.
“They did not consult us; at least in my committee, nobody from the ministry spoke to me. I have been in Abuja. And I am not sure that they spoke to any of my members. They just don’t see us as part of the critical stakeholders,” he said.
Ihonvbere, in a statement he issued in Abuja on Saturday, on behalf of his committee, opposed the Monday resumption date.
The statement was titled “School resumption: Are we truly prepared?”
School resuming is a blessing but it wouldn’t be good to risk the lives of students when we all know that good safety protocol is not in place….
May the lord lead us out of this predicament.
If the school resumes nothing stops you from providing the safety equipment alongside with it.
Is it because there children is not among that is why they are behaving in such manner, you better find a way to provide it for them.
Why can’t this government do the right thing at the right time, but it squander the money that meant for people they will quickly know what to do. Shame on this administration.
Let states decide when their schools should open. These useless sleeping Mass should not come and tell us to suspend school resumption for three good months. Schools are not like their useless Mass where even if they close for a whole year, no one will feel their impact. If schools know how they managed covid19 last year and survived, let them do so this year
No need of prospond anything again, just provide them there needful.