The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned States against rushing to reopen schools.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha, cited how such haste escalated COVID-19 management situation in some other countries.

Mustapha advised it would be in the best interest of Nigeria to stick to the pattern proven effective since the national response was launched.

According to him: “It is in the above context that the PTF appreciates the on-going calls for re-opening of the education sector and indeed some sub-nationals are already making preparations for such.”

“Whilst the PTF does not discourage making such preparations, we need to be guided by experiences from countries such as Germany, France, the United States and the UK where opening of schools in some cities led to an increase in confirmed cases and fatalities.”