Public school teachers in Ogun State have demanded provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), infrared thermometers, hand sanitizers, among other conditions, for reopening of schools in the state.

Other conditions given by the teachers include fumigation of school premises, provision of running water, alcohol-based sanitisers, training of teachers on how to use the thermometers and standby health personnel within one-kilometre radius of schools.

Chairman of Ogun State Branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), TITILOPE ADEBANJO, who stated this while speaking with newsmen at the union’s secretariat in Abeokuta, the state capital, insisted that the conditions must be met before schools could reopen in the state.

ADEBANJO, who urged parents to provide face-masks for their children before sending them to school, expressed optimism that schools would be reopened in the state before the next two weeks if the conditions are met by the government.