{"id":35142,"date":"2021-01-16T18:32:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T18:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=35142"},"modified":"2021-01-16T16:42:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T16:42:38","slug":"covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 vaccine: ASUU warns Buhari govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari administration to stop relying on imported COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The body advised the federal government to encourage universities and research institutes to find treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Dipo Akomolafe, ASUU Chairman, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our universities and research institutes are mobilised and encouraged by the Federal Government, they will find a solution to the scourge of coronavirus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The union leader stressed that the closure of schools to curb COVID-19 spread was not the solution.<\/p>\n<p>He told the authorities to ensure provisions of facilities in schools to enable them function safely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the presentation of the government so far, most deaths recorded were from the ages of 60 above and the range of youths was not much. The closure of schools over COVID-19 is not the option,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has approved Monday, January 18, 2021 for school resumption date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari administration to stop relying on imported COVID-19 vaccines. The body advised the federal government to encourage universities and research institutes to find treatment. Dipo Akomolafe, ASUU Chairman, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) spoke to the News Agency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,738,97,1794,254],"class_list":["post-35142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-asuu","tag-buhari","tag-covid-19-vaccine","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 vaccine: ASUU warns Buhari govt - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari administration to stop relying on ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 vaccine: ASUU warns Buhari govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari administration to stop relying on ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-16T18:32:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-60031759ec6cd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"COVID-19 vaccine: ASUU warns Buhari govt\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-16T18:32:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-60031759ec6cd.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"ASUU\",\"Buhari\",\"COVID-19 Vaccine\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/covid-19-vaccine-asuu-warns-buhari-govt\",\"name\":\"COVID-19 vaccine: ASUU warns Buhari govt - 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