Education
ABU Awaits Kaduna Govt’s Nod To Reopen For Academic Activities
The Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria says it is awaiting the approval from Kaduna State Government for the reopening of the institution for academic activities.
Malam Auwal Umar, Director of Public Affairs Division of the university, made this known in a statement issued in Zaria yesterday.
He added that the state government sent a verification team to the university on January 20 to specifically assess ABU’s compliance with COVID-19 preventive protocols.
He added that there was mutual understanding between the university and the assessment team.
Umar recalled that the university had on January 12 announced its decision to reopen for resumption of academic activities on January 25 subject to further directives issued by the Federal and Kaduna State Governments.
However, Umar added that the university management wishes to reassure all students, parents and other stakeholders that whatever decision communicated to the university would be conveyed to them immediately.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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