The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) branch, has expressed worries over the reopening of the institution.
The university lecturers said this is because the guidelines stipulated for the reopening of schools by the Presidential Taskforce /National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have not been met by the institution.
The branch chairman of ASUU, Comrade Tukur Abdulkadir, while speaking at a news conference Friday, lamented that 17 medical students tested positive to COVID-19 recently.
“It is on record that some weeks ago 17 out of the 50 medical students who were recalled for examination tested positive to COVID-19.
Thus he maintained, “the reopening the university at this material time is tantamount to trading the lives of students and staff for the conduct of the examination.”
Abdulkadir explained further that the university has not carried out total and comprehensive fumigation of the entire campus and its surroundings.
Also, he said adherence to wearing of facemask, physical distancing by students are not observed, saying steps are not being taken to decongest the classes as well as the provision of screening and isolation facilities.
Abdulkadir disclosed that students have not been given time for the mandatory two weeks revision period, saying this will have severe impact on students’ performance and therefore undermine the examination.
“As it will be difficult to subject examination questions for external moderation before examination by some departments. This is an important requirement for examination in universities in Nigeria as stipulated by NUC,” he stressed.
“Gentlemen of the press, it is clear that the reopening of Kaduna State University by the management portends danger and health risk to the citizens of Kaduna State.