By Ayodele Oni
Reprieve has come for pupils in public and private schools in Ondo state as government gives the nod for them to resume academic activities.
The state Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu had10 days ago declared that government was not in a hurry to reopen them, following gale of protests which greeted the clamour to scrap the notorious arm of the Nigeria Police, FSARS.
The protest, which was later hijacked by Miscreants, led to distruction of several public properties and forceful release of inmates at the Correctional Centre at Okitipupa.
Security agencies are still on trail of some of those linked with the looting and destruction of valuable public properties including the Secretariats of the two leading political parties in the state.
The schools had earlier been under lock since March following the outbreak of the global pandemic and were just reopened for a day before their closure.
Royal Fathers, religious leaders and prominent indigenes of the state have rIsen to condemn the arson and that those linked should be prosecuted.
In a statement in Akure on Thursday, the commissioner for education, Mr Femi Agagu announced that the schools can now reopen as from Monday, November.
The statement reads, “Mr Governor has directed that all schools should resume on Monday 2nd November 2020 now that the State has become peaceful. Parents and the public are to note this directive and all schools are to comply.
