Most of the private and public schools and banks in Lagos and Ogun
states were under lock and key on Tuesday, following the work-free day
declared by the governments of both states to commemorate June 12.
As a result of the late dissemination of information on the work-free day by the Lagos State Government, some schools opened their gates to pupils on Tuesday, but later asked them to return home.
Some pupils were seen in their school uniforms in some parts of Surulere, Okota, Ijegun, Alagbado and Abule-Egba, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
NAN also observed that some private school buses were seen conveying pupils to school, but were later directed to return the pupils to their various homes.
At the Comprehensive High School, Ijegun, students were seen playing at the entrance of the school, long after they were asked to return to their various homes.
Mr. Austin Agali, a teacher at Prevailers Private Schools, Ijegun, told NAN that pupils were asked to come to school on Tuesday because the school authority did not receive information on the work-free day early enough.
“We got the information about the work-free day after school hours on Monday and by then we have told our students that whatever happened, they should come to school today.
“We have sent the students back home, in compliance with the state government’s directive on June 12,” he said.
A parent, Mrs. Christiana Chukwu, told NAN that June 12 should be declared a public holiday to save children the stress of going to school, only to be sent back home the next minute.
Chukwu said that government should include June 12 in the school calendar as a holiday.
“The school bus came to pick my children to school because they didn’t have information about the holiday, but I was surprised some hours later to see my children back home.
“Government and the private school authorities should always work together as partners for the common good of the pupils,” she said.
In Ogun State, banks and many schools did not open their gates as a result of the holiday.
As a result of the late dissemination of information on the work-free day by the Lagos State Government, some schools opened their gates to pupils on Tuesday, but later asked them to return home.
Some pupils were seen in their school uniforms in some parts of Surulere, Okota, Ijegun, Alagbado and Abule-Egba, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
NAN also observed that some private school buses were seen conveying pupils to school, but were later directed to return the pupils to their various homes.
At the Comprehensive High School, Ijegun, students were seen playing at the entrance of the school, long after they were asked to return to their various homes.
Mr. Austin Agali, a teacher at Prevailers Private Schools, Ijegun, told NAN that pupils were asked to come to school on Tuesday because the school authority did not receive information on the work-free day early enough.
“We got the information about the work-free day after school hours on Monday and by then we have told our students that whatever happened, they should come to school today.
“We have sent the students back home, in compliance with the state government’s directive on June 12,” he said.
A parent, Mrs. Christiana Chukwu, told NAN that June 12 should be declared a public holiday to save children the stress of going to school, only to be sent back home the next minute.
Chukwu said that government should include June 12 in the school calendar as a holiday.
“The school bus came to pick my children to school because they didn’t have information about the holiday, but I was surprised some hours later to see my children back home.
“Government and the private school authorities should always work together as partners for the common good of the pupils,” she said.
In Ogun State, banks and many schools did not open their gates as a result of the holiday.
NAN
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