Some private school owners want Federal Government to allow schools operate

Some persons who own private schools under the auspices of the NAPPS, have reach out to the Nigeria federal government to allow schools operate in the country, stating that the cause of closing down schools are more deadly than the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. NAPPS state this during the time schools close for the year 2020, up to thirty per cent of school owners fall down financially which make some list their schools for sell. Saying in a close meeting with some journalists and stakeholders on Thursday, the chairman of NAPPS, Mr. Otunba Yomi Otubela, we observed that the palliatives promised by the federal government 2020 under the Survival Fund hardly get to the masses. “Just few days ago UNICEF make known that schools are not the main drivers of the pandemic and that shutting down the schools would cause more harm to the society in the future. ‘In some major cities like Port Harcourt, Lagos, Kano etc, schools help play a rescue part by telling parents to keep their children