The Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, says the ministry now has sufficient information to make decision on school reopening.
He however said that such information and decision would have to be presented to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.
The minister said this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Thursday in Abuja.
Nwajiuba said there was sufficient information, considering the reopening of schools, adding however that until such decision is presented to the PTF, the decision for the closure of school remained intact.
The minister also refuted reports that a statement credited to him that Coronavirus was a sham, remained in the figment of the reporters’ imagination.
“I am forced to refute this allegation that some of our media brothers have reported I said that Coronavirus is a sham.
“None of these things have happened, Coronavirus is real, they may not be able to understand my grammar,” he said.
The minister said that part of what he meant was why the kids were held at home, saying “our kids are kept at home, because we do not know who is infected .
