The National Universities Commission in Abuja on Tuesday evening said preparations are underway to reopen the nation’s universities after the forced closure due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The commission said it was collating data on assessment of the level of preparedness by the various universities through their vice chancellors to determine if the universities were safe for resumption to both academic and non-academic activities.
The Deputy Executive Secretary of the NUC (Academics), Dr Suleiman Ramon Yusuf, stated these during a briefing to showcase the contributions of Nigerian universities to national response to COVID-19.
He made note of the pandemic, saying it had challenged the knowledge system, which had prove inadequate and insufficiently tough enough to respond to the challenges.
He however regretted that the expected resumption may be flawed by strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), in public varsities.
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