Nigerian students in tertiary institutions have threatened to stage a protest if the Federal government neglects to declare a date for resumption of all institutions of learning within the next two weeks
The students have been at home since March when schools were closed down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The students under the aegis the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), National Association of University Students (NAUS) and National Association of Colleges of Education Students (NANCES), at a virtual gathering, discredited Federal Government’s approach towards the resumption of learning institutions in the country?
They condemned the Federal government’s choice to drop the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASCCE)?
As per the students, WASSCE can be written mposed while watching social distancing and other security conventions.?
“It is hardly feasible that coronavirus may be eradicated in a fortnight and after months of observing several safety measures, there are little or no gains in the results so far recorded?
‘Huge funds have been used to contain the spread of the virus, but we still have poorly equipped medical centres across the country” they said
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The students asked the Federal government to stop salaries of university teachers and other officials for advocating the continued closure of schools without proffering solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic?
student protests.
