COVID-19: FG begins decontamination of schools

Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood


As part of preparations for class activities, the  Federal Government has embarked on the   decontamination of schools against the spread of COVID-19

Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood while briefing the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja early this week, expressed government’s determination  to carry out the disinfection exercise with due diligence.

 “We have sat with the Ministry of Education and we have the list of all the schools that need to be disinfected before resumption. So, it is between today  and the rest of the week. We have enough teams and people that we will be engaged to get that done. Be rest assured that your kids will be returning to a safe environment when they resume,” he assured.  

Speaking on why the process was delayed, the minister said it was intentional, as the plan was to ensure that the chemicals were effective enough when the schools resume.

“The delay is because it is better to disinfect and decontaminate within a short period of time, so that the kids will be going back into these classes when they have been freshly decontaminated’’.

“This is because the chemicals we use are chemicals that are not long lasting; they have short contact time to do their job’’.

Mahmood stressed that the decontamination exercise would be done across the country.

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