As the government eases the lockdown order occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, plans are underway to disinfect and decontaminate schools across the country for subsequent reopening.
The minister of environment, Mr. Muhammad Mahmood, who disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja on Monday, said his ministry would get the data of schools nationwide from the federal ministry of education.
“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.”
Although minister did not disclose when the exercise would start, he said all the 36 states of the federation and the FCT were involved.
“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 (WHO), the purpose of which is to build additional capacity and to reiterate adherence to the guidelines in this response to COVID-19,” he added.
