With confirmed COVID-19 cases surging up in Nigeria, the Federal Government has denied the reopening of tertiary institutions.
This was contained in a statement signed Monday, by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, Mr Ben Goong.
Goong described as fake, a press release making the rounds, purportedly emanating from the Minister of Education.
"The ministry has not directed the reopening of any school at any level. The purported press release by the minister to that effect is a clear forgery as it did not emanate from the minister," he said.
He also urged stakeholders and the general public to disregard another story making the rounds that the Federal government is blaming Vice chancellors for the ongoing strike embarked upon by ASUU.
"At no time did any Federal government official make that kind of statement to the press."
"Any insinuation in that direction is simply emanating from the fertile imagination of the author and that the ministry has nothing whatsoever to do with it," he said.
He advised parents, students and the general public to disregard the fake release.
Meanwhile, the industrial action embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has entered day 36.
The association embarked on a "total and comprehensive" indefinite strike on March 23rd after the expiration of an initial two-week warning strike.

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