south-west Nigeria.
The Ogun State government has said that all SS3
boarding students in the state must take the tests for COVID-19 and
malaria before they will be admitted into their various
hostels.
This was announced in a statement on Saturday by the S.A. to the
governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo.
She revealed that the State Ministry of Health has already made
provisions for the students to take the tests, as part of the
conditions for the re-opening of schools in Ogun.
Soyombo explained that the exercise which began on July 31 and
would end on August 3, was ongoing at three public health care
facilities in the state.
They include ‘The 250 MTR’ – a white edifice opposite the State
Secretariat in the Okemosan area of Abeokuta, the state
capital.
The other two facilities are the Ogun State General Hospital in
Ado-Odo Ota and the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital
in Sagamu.
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The governor’s aide stated that tests of the students were part
of the frantic efforts of the state government to ensure a safe
learning academic atmosphere for both learners and teachers in all
public and private schools.
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She noted that all principals of private and public schools have
been asked to enforce the directive of the government which was in
line with the guidelines of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
(NCDC).
“All the returning boarding students are to stay in the school
hostels only. Parents are hereby advised that private hostels are
exempted from accommodating students during this period to ensure
strict compliance with NCDC directives,” the statement read.
Soyombo said part of the “strong condition of admittance” to
school was that returning boarding students must present a COVID-19
certificate showing negative.
“To this end, all principals are, therefore, directed to
immediately disseminate the above important information to all SS3
learners in the state and to ensure that the above instructions are
strictly adhered to as sanctions will be meted out to any
defaulting school,” the government warned.