The Federal Government announced on Monday that it will soon begin the decontamination of schools all across the country.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, at the Presidential Task Force press briefings on COVID-19 updates in Abuja.
Mahmood said the Federal Government would be able to carry out this exercise by getting the data of schools nationwide from the Federal Ministry of Education.
Mahmood said, “We are initiating a programme of decontaminating and disinfecting our schools before they open.
“Because subsequently in the phases (of reopening the lockdown), I believe we will get to that point when we start opening the schools.
“So, we will be liaising with the Federal Ministry of Education to make sure we have the needed data to carry out the exercise.”
However, the Minister wasn’t specific with the date the exercise would start, but he stated his ministry had been making efforts behind the scenes to kickstart the programme.
The Minister said, “Today we will like to brief you on our first video conference with our Environmental Health Sanitation desks across the country, the 36 states plus the FCT.
“Also in attendance was a representative of the World Health Organisation, the purpose of which is to build additional capacity and to reiterate adherence to the guidelines in this response to COVID-19.”
