The Ondo State Government on Wednesday, January 27 warned that the government will not hesitate to close down schools that fail to adhere to COVID-19 preventive protocols across the state. The State Chairman, Interministerial Committee on COVID-19, Professor Adesegun Fatusi, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Hon. Jibayo Adeyeye said this when they paid a visit to schools across the State.
Adesegun frowned at the flagrant disregard to COVID-19 preventive guidelines among staff and students in some schools, stating that some schools have no hand washing facilities, while students without nose masks were allowed into the school premises. He said this puts such schools at a very high risk of spreading Coronavirus within communities.
He commended the management of some schools where COVID-19 protocols are being observed and urged the students to be COVID-19 Prevention Ambassadors in their homes and communities, adding that Government COVID-19 Inspectors will be dispatched to monitor compliance in schools.
Some of the schools the team visited include St. Joseph’s College, Ondo, St. Monica’s Grammar School, Ondo, Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure, St. Louis Grammar School, Akure, and Aquinas College, Akure, among others.
