Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo - Olu
, has ordered the reopening of tertiary institutions effective September 14.
“ I am pleased to announce that our tertiary institutions will be allowed to reopen from September 14, 2020, all our tertiary institutions, ” the governor announced during a briefing on Saturday at the State House , Marina.
Schools in the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease .
But the Federal Government announced the resumption of graduating pupils effective August 4 , 2020 to write this year ’ s West African Senior School Certificate Examination from August 17, 2020 , through September 12, 2020 .
Speaking on Saturday , Sanwo -Olu noted that after the WASSCE , primary and secondary schools in the state would also be permitted to reopen from September 21 , 2020 for the resumption of academic activities .
“ As regards our primary and secondary schools , we are working towards reopening them around the 21st of September 2020. This position is not cast in stone and subject to a review of our ongoing monitoring and procedures from the Ministry of Health.
“ Remember that we said that the virus will peak and we will flatten the curve in the month of August . From what we have seen, it appears we have flattened the curve . In the last two weeks , we have continued to see a drop in the positivity that we have encountered in the state , ” the governor explained .
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control as of Friday night , Lagos has recorded 18, 083 infections including 2 , 653 cases on admission , 15, 228 discharged patients , and 202 fatalities .
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