Covid19: Doctors,Parents,teachers urge government not to reopen schools

…It is better to lose a session than lives — NMA


Health factor takes pride of place — NUT


As pressure mounts on the Federal Government to reopen schools across the country in the wake of the  2nd phase relaxation of the COVID-10 restrictions on socio-economic activities, critical stakeholders in the health and education sectors have called on the  Federal and state governments to exercise restraint in reopening schools.

In May, the Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 had recommended that states be allowed to  decide on the reopening of schools,  has not fixed issued for resumption and  reopening of schools across the country.

Calling for caution, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, and the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, ALMSN, warned against any plan to rush to reopen schools.

In a similar response, the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, said a critical appraisal of the situation must be done to arrive at a decision that would not lead to regret later.

On his own part, the President of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Prof Innocent Ujah said the coast was not yet clear to reopen the schools.

“We may not have to rush; if it is left to me I would say we should have waited for the next quarter and see what will happens. It is better to lose a session than losing our lives.  It does not matter whether we are losing a session rather than escalating the community transmission and die of COVID 19.   

Ujah, who frowned on the poor compliance of the public with the relaxation guidelines, argued that it is better to lose a session than lose lives.

“I think it is better to be alive than dying or be infected. I think we should be cautious.  If the coast is not clear because we don’t even know the directions that we are going, the coronavirus cases are increasing.  Fatality is increasing even though it is about is still under 3 percent but any one life lost matters.

In a telephone call on Sunday, the National President, NAPTAN, Haruna Danjuma, said that the Association has entered into discussion with the Presidential Task Force in COVID-19 on the matter.

“Two weeks ago, we had a meeting with the committee and a number of issues and proposals were raised. The committee put forward some conditions that must be met before schools will be reopened. This is because we are not talking only about public schools, private schools are also involved and we cannot reopen one and leave the other.


Source: Vanguard


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