President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to sack the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, over the continued closure of schools in the country

• The request was made by the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere in Akure, Ondo state
• Bashorun Sehinde Arogbofa, the spokesperson for the organisation, said the minister does not know what he is doing

President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to sack the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, over the continued closure of schools in the country.

The request was made by the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday, July 9, at a media briefing in Akure, Ondo state, Leadership reported.

The Yoruba group said the minister is planning to ground education activities in the country for a whole year.

The secretary-general of the association, Bashorun Sehinde Arogbofa, accused the education minister of planning to ground education activities in the country for a whole year.

He said the federal government should have allowed pupils back in schools by now.

According to Afenifere, the government should have used the six months pupils have spent at home to come up with ways of protecting students against the spread of COVID-19.

Afenifere spokesperson said Adamu and the minister of state for education, Emeka Nwajiuba, have no idea of what they are doing.