Niger State government issued Covid-19 safety materials to over 50,000 students and teachers in public schools throughout the state. In line with the continuous ground work towards re-opening of exit classes by August 10.
The State Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Hanatu Jibrin completed the supply during a sensitization meeting on the re-opening of schools conducted in Minna, Niger State.
The commissioner stated the government gave face masks, sanitizers, liquid hand wash, hand washers, temperature thermometers, disinfectant, fumigators and dustbins.
Jibrin also revealed the ministry will form health safety procedures for public and private schools, maintaining that it is compulsory for every school administrator to be present at.
The choice of allocating the safety materials to only public schools throughout the state did not go down well with some of the private school administrators being present, in protest, asked why private schools were not involved among the recipients.
In response, the commissioner clarified that the state government wanted to issue the safety materials to all schools but was handicapped by lack of funds.
She however said the government is “giving them (all schools) educational posters about Covid-19 that will tell the teachers and students what to expect while in school. More windows will open, so we will see how it goes.”
