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78 Private Universities Ready To Resume - Nwajiuba, Education Minister Of State

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Aug 25, 2020

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The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says no date has been fixed yet for full schools' resumption even though the Federal Government had continued to engage stakeholders.

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Nwajiuba said this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.

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The minister, however, expressed optimism that the date for resumption was "around the cornerÔÇØ, adding, that "we are not going to be brandishing dates.ÔÇØ

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He disclosed that he and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, met some stakeholders in tertiary education earlier in the day on the issue.

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Nwajiuba said "about 78 privately-owned universities are insisting that they were ready for resumptionÔÇØ while the response from government-owned universities was still "50-50ÔÇØ.
He said that after aggregating opinions, he would return to the PTF to review the situation and then go ahead to make a pronouncement.

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The minister urged students of tertiary institutions protesting the continued closure of their schools to be a little more patient with the government.

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