The Federal Government said on Wednesday that the statement circulating on social media stating that schools in the country would resume in November did not emanate from it.
The disclaimer was contained in a statement by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Ben Goong.
Recall that schools across the country were shut down in March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The government also declared the author of the fake press release wanted.
Goong, in the statement urged Nigerians to disregard the statement whose author he described as “illiterate and mental.”
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Goong noted that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, could not have signed a press release where the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sonny Echono, granted an interview to a reporter from an online medium, as stated in the release.
It statement read: “The Federal Ministry of Education has disowned a press release circulating on multiple social media platforms insinuating that schools will reopen in November 2020, describing the release as the handiwork of an illiterate, who, going by the content of his release also appears to be mental.
“The ministry is asking parents, students and the general public to disregard the release in its entirety. There is no iota of truth about the release. Efforts are on to track the author, and he or she will be prosecuted.
“We could have ignored the release but for the massive calls from our education correspondents, parents and other stakeholders expressing concerns.”
