Aggrieved parents of Senior Secondary School students (SS3) in private schools in Ogun State, on Sunday, protested against the payment of N25, 000 levies for COVID-19 and malaria tests for their wards, as one of the prerequisites for admittance to their various schools on August 4. In the said statement, the only student with COVID-19 certificate reading negative would be allowed into any of the boarding facility. Sanwo said, “The parents here are good citizens of Ogun state who are taxpayers. It is so disheartening that we are here at the MTR hospital the venue for COVID-19 test and we are told to pay N25,000. Why this segregation?”At the time of filing this report, the state government through Soyombo promised to reach out to newsmen for the government’s reaction on the matter.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 02, 2020 14:37 UTC