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60,000 Environmental Officers to Monitor COVID-19 Compliance in Schools

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Ahead of the October 12 school reopening, the federal government has said that it  would deploy 60,000 Environmental Health Emergency Volunteers to schools in 774 Local Government Areas across the country.

The Minister of Environment, Mohammad Abubakar, who made this announcement on Monday in Abuja said the deployment was to ensure that the guidelines of the COVID-19 protocols are strictly adhered to as schools reopen.

According to the minister, the health officers would be assisting the schools to adopt basic safety measures which include hand washing, compulsory use of face mask, temperature checks as well as physical distancing.

“As a major stakeholder, the Ministry of the environment is set to play its role in the entire chain of events in school reopening.

We shall be activating 6,000 of such volunteers to cover schools in all the 774 local governments in the Federation,” Channels Television quoted the minister to have said.

Abubakar explained that the 6,000 volunteers will be working with stakeholders at the national level with guidelines and there will be monitoring and evaluation by the Federal Government to ensure strict compliance of health protocols by schools across the country.

He also said the volunteers would be employed based on their previous performance while carrying out examination surveillance.

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