COVID-19: Lagos Announces Closure Of Schools

Yemisi Izuora

The Lagos State Government is closing down all public and private schools from March 23, 2020 as part of preventive measures against the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The state Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, said in a statement that the move became necessary to prevent children and their teachers from getting more vulnerable to the pandemic.

It advised parents to ensure that their children practise “social distancing” while at home, wash their hands regularly or use hand sanitisers and observe high standards of personal hygiene.

The Commissioner said: “The closure is not intended to create panic but to arrest the spread of the disease, which has become a global threat.

“Children should be encouraged to remain at home.”

Adefisayo said the Lagos Incident Command Centre, headed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, would continue to trace all contacts of the identified cases.

The Commissioner encouraged anyone who has information about suspected cases to report to the nearest hospital or call the emergency telephone numbers: 08023169485, 08033565529, 08052817243 and 08023401214.