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Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu also clarified that the Federal Government had reservations about the resumption of schools on January 18 According to him, while the states wanted to go ahead with the school’s resumption, the Federal Government was against it but had to reach a compromise since it does not control all the schools We sat down, looked at the figures and we took the decision that schools should not open. Unfortunately, we have to state this because it is supposed to be a collective decision, but you must understand that the schools we are talking about, the Federal Government has only about 100 out of thousands of schools The schools are under the jurisdiction of states and just as the PTF was unanimous in saying that schools should not open, states were unanimous that schools should open. So, we have to compromise and as PTF we shall monitor what is happening on a daily basis. There could be some review again”, Adamu stated.

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended two of its staff and banned two candidates from its processes for failing to observe precautionary measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic This was embodied in the weekly bulletin of the board acquired on Monday in Abuja. The board said their suspension came after a surprised visit by JAMB Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede to the Professional Testing Centre (PTC) where the four persons ran foul of the procedures when they refused to wear protective face mask provided to reduce the spread of the virus The board had circulated series of advisories including specific instructions on the necessity of adhering to extant protocols These advisories were not only aimed at mitigating the risk of safeguarding individual staff but also to safeguard the lives of their fellow colleagues,” it stated. JAMB added that the suspension became necssary in order to send the right signal to all staff and clients alike that it...