Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- The outgoing Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Kayode Soremekun, has warned against hasty reopening of the nation's tertiary institutions, arguing that Covid-19 is still very much alive in Nigeria.

The Vice Chancellor said this in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday, at the launch of a book, Campus Security Management, Insight from the Front liners, written by Paul Ogidi.

Mr Soremekun said although he was in support of the resumption of schools, particularly the universities, he, however, said premium must be given to safety.

"We are in a salad of issues, salad in the sense that we are in the Covid phenomenon. If you look carefully we are yet to fully be in the post-Covid era," he said. ...