Covid 19- It's unsafe to open varsities,OAU ASUU chairmans,Spokesman paint different pictures

Lawal Shereef
Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after assessing their various institutions have said that the various Universities aren't safe for reopening.


While responding to the National Universities Commission (NUC)'s directive that Universities could resume January 18th,several ASUU chapters have said that it's almost impossible for Covid 19 protocols to be adhered to in classrooms and hostels.

ASUU said although its members  were ready to start work, government had not put measures in place for safe reopening of the schools.


ASUU’s concern came amid coronavirus cases and deaths, which rose to 99,063 and 1,350  respectively on Saturday.

The union Chairman at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, Dr Adeola Egbedokun said  classroom and hostel situations in universities did not in any way conform with  COVID-19 protocols.

Egbedokun further said no preparations had been made so far for the safe re-opening of the universities and urged parents to insist on safety before re-opening.


He said, “COVID-19 is very real and this second wave is as real as described. We cannot afford to toy with our health and the health of our dear students in the name of resumption, which is politically motivated.


“There are no preparations for safe re-opening of the universities and I think parents must insist on safe re-opening. The current classroom and hostel configurations in our universities do not in any way conform with the PTF (Presidential Task Force) on  COVID-19 protocols. There is no way universities can achieve that. I have said this elsewhere, that rather than for government to have addressed the obvious deficits in the public universities during the lockdown and strike, they were playing to the gallery.”


But the OAU spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju, said the university management was ready for resumption and had put in place “a lot in relation to the COVID-19 protocols” in a bid to ensure safety.

Source: The Punch

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