MALLAM ADAMU ADAMU OPEN OUR SCHOOLS

We received the news with utmost shock that the FG mulls the postponement of resumption of schools already slated for 18 January 2021.

A lot of people greeted the announcement of the date with a lot of skeptism when it was announced by the PTF on 24 December 2020, notwithstanding, looked forward to it. Not forgetting that University students had been at home for close to 10 months partly due to Covid - 19 and mostly due to ASUU strike.

When ASUU announced the suspension of her 9 months old strike, the news was greeted with excitement and enthusiasm as students were eager to resume schools immediately until PTF dashed their hopes for another 5 weeks.

Just barely a week to resumption, the minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu is again suggesting that schools be closed indefinitely in a time when students, mostly university students have lost a whole academic year.

Covid -19 has come to stay and we must learn to live with it.

Somebody asked, "what is the rationale of shutting down schools till 18 January 2021, will Covid disappear before then?" Even if schools are shut indefinitely, it does not seem like the virus will go anytime soon, even with vaccines, it takes years to vaccinate a country like Nigeria to attain herd immunity. It takes years to fight a pandemic.

And with Covid - 19 which I believe is not as virulent as the government and media portray it to be and with the recovery rate high and with youth and children having better immune against it, I don't understand why Mallam Adamu Adamu will suggest that schools which is largely made up of children and youth be shut down indefinitely.

Let us not forget he was the one in June who suggested that our children should not be allowed to write WAEC and NECO exams insisting they miss an academic year even when smaller West Africa Countries were prepared to write the exams. Shame on the giant of Africa but for the pressure of parents, some state governors and prominent persons, our children would have been denied their right to education. I am sure they are all dead from covid - 19 complications.

Mallam Adamu Adamu is grossly incompetent, bereft of ideas and innovations and should be shown the exit door.

In an age of technology, where ground breaking research on how to combat covid -19 is ongoing, Mallam Adamu is suggesting our ivory towers be locked up indefinitely with no alternative to the problem.

It seems Covid - 19 is anti-education as it affects only schools. The last time I checked markets, religious centres, banks, offices, airports etc are open with large crowd with fragrant disregard to Covid -19 safety protocols yet they are yet to be shut down but schools must be closed indefinitely. This shows us one thing our government have no regard for education, besides their children school in saner climes while the children of the poor are left to bear the brunt of their irresponsible policies.

Let me remind you that during the first wave, while schools were closed, election campaign and rally held with mammoth crowd in Edo and Ondo states, one would have thought that the morgues in Edo and Ondo would be filled by now by Covid - 19 related deaths but alas the states are bubbling months after the election.

Let me also remind you that while schools are closed, NIMC centres are overcrowded with complete disregard to Covid -19 safety protocols yet the centres are yet to be closed but schools must be shut indefinitely.

I am not playing down Covid -19. I believe there is Covid -19, however, it is not as virulent as our government and media has made it to be. The symptoms are milder on the youth which makes up the school population, so why shut down our schools for a virus that has an unprecedented recovery rate especially among youth.

We need our ivory towers to be open as a search for respite is being sought all over the world, alot of livelihood depends on the schools.

Kogi state should be studied to find out what they are doing right because up till now we are yet to see the devastating effect of the Covid - 19 despite Governor Yahaya Bello refusing to lockdown his state, by now one would have expected to see dead bodies litter the streets of Kogi.

Schools should be opened with safety measures put in place and adhered to.

Mallam Adamu Adamu should be sacked and a competent hand with ideas on how to manage the education sector should be employed. We don't need a man whose only idea is that schools be locked indefinitely as the minister of Education. Our schools are already in comatose state already, we don't need to further improverish it. We need solutions not adding to the problems.

I am glad that some States have disregarded the PTF on the 18 January 2020 resumption date and I hope more States should rebel should the resumption date be extended.

Lastly, I call on students, parents, prominent persons, relevant stakeholders, activist, scholars, state governors to prevail on the FG to rescind the decision to extend the reopening of schools like they did when Mallam Adamu Adamu suggested our children should not be allowed to write WAEC and NECO exams, rather protective and safety measures should be put in place with strict compliance.

Covid -19 has come to stay, we must learn to live with it. Shutting down schools is not the solution.

JUSTICE EJEHI OMODIAGBE
writes from Zaria, Kaduna State.
justiceomodiagbe@gmail.com

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How I wish those at the top will see this. Adamu Adamu is very incompetent and should be sacked. Why does this government keep pushing the agenda of boko Haram. Makes me wonder if our rulers are boko sponsors

Lighthouse50:
*WHY WORRIES, WHEN THEIR
CHILDREN ARE NOT SCHOOLING IN
NIGERIA?*
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL PRIVATE
SCHOOL/ TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS TO
STAND UP AND REJECT THE
EXTENSION OF SCHOOL OPENING,
COVID-19 IS NOT OUR PROBLEM.
GOVERNMENT IS NOT ADDING ANY
THING TO PRIVATE EDUCATION IN
NIGERIA, WE ARE THE ONLY PRIVATE
SECTOR THAT IS NOT RECEIVING
GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
WHY CARING FOR US NOW?
WHY CLOSING SCHOOLS AND ALLOW
MARKETS, HOTELS,
AIRPORTS,OFFICES, ETC. TO
FUNCTION?
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE BEING
PAID EVEN STAYING AT HOME,BUT,
NO BODY CARES ABOUT OUR
CONDITIONS, LOANS, TEACHERS,
CHILDREN AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
WE MUST PROTECT OUR BUSINESS
AND LIFE NOW.
MORE THAN 156 PRIVATE SCHOOL
OWNERS DIED DURING THE LAST
LOCK DOWN, MORE THAN 75,000
TEACHERS QUIT THE SECTOR AND
MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION CHILDREN
ARE NO LONGER INTERESTED IN
GOING TO SCHOOL AFTER BEING AT
HOME FOR 6 MONTHS.
HOW CAN, THE GOVERNMENT BE IN
THE COMFORT OF THEIR OFFICES AND
TAKE LIFE RISKING MEASURES
WITHOUT PROPER CONSULTATIONS
AND NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE
SOCIETY.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
WE MUST SAVE THE FUTURE OF THIS
NATION NOW.
PRIVATE EDUCATION CAN NOT BE
KILLED IN NIGERIA.
SCHOOLS MUST OPEN 18TH.
NOTE: POST ON ALL EDUCATIONAL
PLATFORMS.

Could you please type using proper text case?
It irks the eyes to see a lot of words in upper case.

©️2021.

ejehijustice:
MALLAM ADAMU ADAMU OPEN OUR SCHOOLS

We received the news with utmost shock that the FG mulls the postponement of resumption of schools already slated for 18 January 2021.

A lot of people greeted the announcement of the date with a lot of skeptism when it was announced by the PTF on 24 December 2020, notwithstanding, looked forward to it. Not forgetting that University students had been at home for close to 10 months partly due to Covid - 19 and mostly due to ASUU strike.

When ASUU announced the suspension of her 9 months old strike, the news was greeted with excitement and enthusiasm as students were eager to resume schools immediately until PTF dashed their hopes for another 5 weeks.

Just barely a week to resumption, the minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu is again suggesting that schools be closed indefinitely in a time when students, mostly university students have lost a whole academic year.

Covid -19 has come to stay and we must learn to live with it.

Somebody asked, "what is the rationale of shutting down schools till 18 January 2021, will Covid disappear before then?" Even if schools are shut indefinitely, it does not seem like the virus will go anytime soon, even with vaccines, it takes years to vaccinate a country like Nigeria to attain herd immunity. It takes years to fight a pandemic.

And with Covid - 19 which I believe is not as virulent as the government and media portray it to be and with the recovery rate high and with youth and children having better immune against it, I don't understand why Mallam Adamu Adamu will suggest that schools which is largely made up of children and youth be shut down indefinitely.

Let us not forget he was the one in June who suggested that our children should not be allowed to write WAEC and NECO exams insisting they miss an academic year even when smaller West Africa Countries were prepared to write the exams. Shame on the giant of Africa but for the pressure of parents, some state governors and prominent persons, our children would have been denied their right to education. I am sure they are all dead from covid - 19 complications.

Mallam Adamu Adamu is grossly incompetent, bereft of ideas and innovations and should be shown the exit door.

In an age of technology, where ground breaking research on how to combat covid -19 is ongoing, Mallam Adamu is suggesting our ivory towers be locked up indefinitely with no alternative to the problem.

It seems Covid - 19 is anti-education as it affects only schools. The last time I checked markets, religious centres, banks, offices, airports etc are open with large crowd with fragrant disregard to Covid -19 safety protocols yet they are yet to be shut down but schools must be closed indefinitely. This shows us one thing our government have no regard for education, besides their children school in saner climes while the children of the poor are left to bear the brunt of their irresponsible policies.

Let me remind you that during the first wave, while schools were closed, election campaign and rally held with mammoth crowd in Edo and Ondo states, one would have thought that the morgues in Edo and Ondo would be filled by now by Covid - 19 related deaths but alas the states are bubbling months after the election.

Let me also remind you that while schools are closed, NIMC centres are overcrowded with complete disregard to Covid -19 safety protocols yet the centres are yet to be closed but schools must be shut indefinitely.

I am not playing down Covid -19. I believe there is Covid -19, however, it is not as virulent as our government and media has made it to be. The symptoms are milder on the youth which makes up the school population, so why shut down our schools for a virus that has an unprecedented recovery rate especially among youth.

We need our ivory towers to be open as a search for respite is being sought all over the world, alot of livelihood depends on the schools.

Kogi state should be studied to find out what they are doing right because up till now we are yet to see the devastating effect of the Covid - 19 despite Governor Yahaya Bello refusing to lockdown his state, by now one would have expected to see dead bodies litter the streets of Kogi.

Schools should be opened with safety measures put in place and adhered to.

Mallam Adamu Adamu should be sacked and a competent hand with ideas on how to manage the education sector should be employed. We don't need a man whose only idea is that schools be locked indefinitely as the minister of Education. Our schools are already in comatose state already, we don't need to further improverish it. We need solutions not adding to the problems.

I am glad that some States have disregarded the PTF on the 18 January 2020 resumption date and I hope more States should rebel should the resumption date be extended.

Lastly, I call on students, parents, prominent persons, relevant stakeholders, activist, scholars, state governors to prevail on the FG to rescind the decision to extend the reopening of schools like they did when Mallam Adamu Adamu suggested our children should not be allowed to write WAEC and NECO exams, rather protective and safety measures should be put in place with strict compliance.

Covid -19 has come to stay, we must learn to live with it. Shutting down schools is not the solution.

JUSTICE EJEHI OMODIAGBE
writes from Zaria, Kaduna State.
justiceomodiagbe@gmail.com

You have made a lot of points.

I don't see any tangible reason(s) why schools should remain closed.
All FG does is to sit down and wait for the west/china to give them vaccine. While shutting down everywhere.

Markets are open, religious centres are open etal.
The same FG even sent Nigerians out to get their NINs. But always feel school resumption will make dead bodies litter our campuses and streets.

Education Minister is even the worst. He only appears in the news for the wrong reasons. No idea, No guidelines, No nothing. Only there as a figure head.
All he wants is for schools to remain shut until cases drops to zero.

It's high time FG got used to the fact that covid-19 ain't going anytime soon. They should open up everywhere and move on with every other activities with the covid-19 protocols in place.

That is what we can do for now until it gets to our turn to have the vaccines.
Shameless government!

©️2021.

This is the worst country i have ever seen,a country where the literate are Suffering in the hands of illiterates.Which certificate our .........Has and the vice is a PROFESSOR,we have accorted professors but hence the .......... is.. ...His minister of education is also.......?So if that is it then surely this we be the result,people are travelling,going to the markets,churches,mosques,airports,nightclubs,burial,marriagies,then while schools to be closed?and lots more.The painful aspect of it is that When this other mumu PTF BOSS was giving the report he says schools,churches,markets etc are the ones mostly spreading the virus and refuse to mention all this their party of a thing.If care is not taken you as both the so called minister and PTF BOSS to present their secondary school certificate na were wahala go come be that but they are here today closing schools.I guess this ADAMU was buhari's class mate wey been no the sabi book self.He finds it very easy to say close school than to pronounce his name.Chai.

Lets change his name to mallam mumu mumu.He we only come out and say schools should be closed as if na time keeper him be for nigeria till further notice.CHAI {MEMMM}full meaning,MINISTER OF EDUCATION MALLAM MUMU MUMU. his nick name.

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