Schools In Lagos Shut Indefinitely Over #EndSARS Protests

Schools in Lagos have been shut indefinitely over #EndSARS protests.

Newsone Nigeria reports that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led Lagos State Government on Monday, October 19, ordered the closure of public and private schools indefinitely in the southwest state.

The shutting down of schools in Lagos was announced in a press statement on Monday by the state’s Head of Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi.

The statement titled, ‘Lagos directs students to stay at home’, quoted the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, as saying that the schools were shut down over “tension generated by the anti-SARS protests.”

Read the statement on closure of schools in Lagos

The statement read in part, “The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti-SARS protests.

“A new date of resumption for all classes will be announced as soon as possible.”

The Commissioner for Education who noted that “the safety of the pupils/students, parents and all staff working in schools is paramount at this critical period”, advised parents to “keep an eye on their wards and not allow them to be used as willing tools in the hands of those who might want to hijack the protests to unleash mayhem on the society”.

The Lagos State Commissioner also encouraged schools to “utilise other means of distance teaching and learning i.e radio, television and online media as they have been doing during and post the recent COVID-19 lockdown”.

Meanwhile, this is coming at a time #EndSARS protests against police brutality and bad governance by Nigerian youths grounded academic activities in some schools in the state on Monday.