The Federal Government says it has initiated the process of decontaminating and disinfecting schools across the country before reopening them for academic activities.
Minister of the Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, who disclosed this said his ministry would liaise with the Federal Ministry of Education to get required data to conduct the exercise.
He spoke while responding to questions at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, saying he was hopeful that the country would get to the level where the schools would be reopened.
Government had earlier announced that it could not determine for now a definite date for reopening schools nationwide, especially with the coronavirus pandemic escalating in the country.
He added that his ministry had also been involved in the sensitization of Nigerians on measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Mahmood said, “We are initiating a programme of decontaminating and disinfecting our schools before they open subsequently, because I believe we will get to the point where we will reopen our schools.
“We will be liaising with the Federal Ministry of Education to make sure we have the needed data to map out the exercise,” he said.
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