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NUC to varsities: prepare for full reopening
Managements and authorities of the Nigerian universities have been told to finalize arrangements for the safe reopening classrooms amid a decline in the number of Covid-19 cases recently.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) gave this directive in a memo addressed to the vice-chancellors of universities in Nigeria on Tuesday, September 22.
While addressing journalists in Abuja, Chris Maiyaki, director of the executive secretary office of NUC, said the resumption arrangements must be in line with the safety protocols of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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Maiyaki further stressed that the arrangement must also consider and accommodate the NUC assurance and guidelines, adding that universities must expect visitation of NUC staff after the full reopening.
“Federal Ministry of Education has accepted the request of the National Universities Commission for Universities to firm up arrangement towards the immediate resumption of academic activities.
“Universities should expect inspection visits from the staff of the commission and the Ministry of Education for on-the-spot inspections of physical facilities such as the lecture theatres, accommodation, healthcare facilities.
“Universities must continue to adhere to the safety protocols and the NCDC guidelines which are very much in force,” part of the memo read.
Maiyaki, who warned universities not to violate the full cycle of the semester system, disclosed that the plan for resumption was motivated by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19’s report.
