NATIONAL: Jan 18 schools resumption a compromise with States — FG

*says decision subject to review

MINISTER of Education, Adamu Adamu said the decision to reopen schools on Monday was a compromise reached between the Federal Government and the state governments.

Adamu noted that while the states wanted to go ahead with the school’s resumption, the Federal Government was against it but since the government at the centre does not control all the schools it decided to give in to the pressure to reopen 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.