By Tochi Onyeubi
The much touted preparedness of the Imo state government in curbing the spread of Covid 19, appears to be defective as there are challenges raising fears for the Imo state University community.
Resumption of schools started last week, including those of the tertiary institutions in the state. But from Trumpeta findings there are no precautionary measures adopted in the primary, secondary and higher institutions across the state.
Lives of students of Imo state University who resumed last week, are in danger as no clear measure has been put in place.
Recall that the state government had outlined measures to check mate covid 19 spread. These process are fumigation, provision of running water and sanitizers at all entrance point and public places within the university environs.
It was observed that, the students were seen trooping into the school compound in their numbers cheering and hugging their friends after the long hiatus occasioned by the covid 19 pandemic, with many of them not wearing their nose masks.
There were no measures put in place by the government or the school authorities to ensure that students were protected from the virus.
At the entrance of the school, no student was stopped or mandated to put on their nose masks, no hand washing bowls were seen at the entrance of the school, strategic points in the school and the lecture halls. There were no hand sanitizers spotted.
Further inquiries indicated that, upon resumption, students were greeted with overgrown bushes in the school compound and labourers slugging it to cut it down, which doubts the fumigation claims of the state government.
There are fears that the University poses a health risks for students even though the state Ministry of Education claims it was among the schools fumigated.
In addition to this menace, students are complaining bitterly about how some lecturers have allegedly started demanding money from them for the submission of assignments.
A lecturer, (names witheld) from the Faculty of Social Science, department of Mass Communication, was reported to have demanded the sum of #500 (Five Hundred Naira) from each student for the submission of assignments given to them last week Friday.
They were threatened with failure of his course if they failed to come
