COVID-19: Federal Government Orders closure of All Schools in Nigeria
COVID-19: Federal Government Orders closure of All Schools in Nigeria.
“We have directed all higher institutions to close this weekend. Unity Schools that have completed their exams are to close immediately. Others are to hurry and close the latest on 26th March,” he said in a statement.
As of Thursday, March 19, 2020, there are twelve confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
The National Sports Festival, scheduled for Edo state, was canceled, all orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps across the country were shut while travel ban was imposed on 13 high-risk countries, including China, UK, and the US.
Some state governments also banned public officials from foreign trips while advising Nigerians to cancel all travels abroad, especially to high-risk countries.
