Lagos State government has approved September 14 for the re-opening of tertiary institutions in the state.
The tentative date for the re-opening of primary and secondary schools is September 21.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Saturday at a press conference held at the Lagos House in Marina.
His words: “I am pleased to announce that our tertiary institution will be allowed to raeopen from September 14, 2020, all our tertiary institutions.
“As regards our primary and secondary schools, we are working towards reopening them around the 21st of September 2020. This position is not cast in stone and subject to a review of our ongoing monitoring and procedures from the ministry of health.
“Remember that we said that the virus will peak and we will flatten the curve in the month of August. From what we have seen, it appears we have flattened the curve. In the last two weeks, we have continued to see a drop in the positivity that we have encountered in the state.”
Schools were closed following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.
The decision was to prevent the spread of the disease.
The cases in the state have continued to drop in the past few weeks.
