The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said on Thursday, that the Federal Government was under pressure to authorise the reopening of schools across the country.
He, however, said the government would resist the pressure to reopen schools in the face of rising COVID-19 infections in the country.
Nwajiuba, who disclosed this during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily briefing in Abuja, admitted that the ministry was under intense pressure to reopen schools across the country.
He, however, added that the ministry would not succumb to such pressure until the COVID-19 infection curve begins to flatten.
The federal government had in March ordered the closure of schools nationwide following the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.
