Tag: COVID-19 Test

Ogun makes U-turn, says COVID-19 test for students now free

Ishaku Yohanna

Ogun State government has made a U-turn, making COVID-19 tests free for all returning SS3 boarding students. Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, ordered the stepping down of the COVID-19 test as a mandatory requirement for returning students in the exit classes, and equally directed that the government laboratories carry out tests for all returning SS3 boarding students at no cost. Those that have paid for tests will be refunded. Governor Abiodun, who gave the directives while reacting to the protest embarked on by parents of final year students in private…

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Parents protest as graduating students in Ogun are asked to pay N25,000 fee each for COVID-19 test

Ishaku Yohanna

With just 24 hours to the resumption of schools by graduating students across the country, parents in Ogun State on Sunday rejected the state governments directive for students in private schools to pay for COVID-19 tests. The government had asked the students to pay N25,000 each for the test in various designated outlets across the state. The Special Adviser on Primary and Secondary Education to the governor, Ronke Soyombo, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the students must present the evidence of the COVID-19 test in their…

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