It said schools must ensure the compulsory wearing of face masks by all students, teachers, and workers and that temperature checks and hand washing facilities must be at strategic locations in all schools.
However, some parents and bodies, including chairmen of various chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, had expressed concerns over the resumption of academic activities on January 18, saying the institutions were not ready for safe reopening.
Visits to some schools across the country by our reporters yesterday showed that the COVID-19 safety protocols were mostly observed in the breach.
While some appreciable level of adherence to the COVID-19 protocols was observed in private schools, they were majorly defied in public schools.