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Gov Wike Orders Dismissal of 2 School Principals for Flouting COVID-19 Guidelines

The Rivers State Government has ordered the dismissal of two principals in the Emuoha Local Government Area for flouting the COVID-19 guidelines.

The affected principals are those of the Community Secondary School, Elibrada, S. I. Amadi; and his counterpart in Community Secondary School, Rumuji, C.O. Ekwueme.

The dismissal of the school principals was confirmed in a statement by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, on Thursday August 6, 2020.

โ€œThis followed flagrant disobedience to the directives of the state government on the enforcement of all COVID-19 health guidelines in their various schools.

โ€œThe principals of the schools also converted to personal use, hygiene kits distributed by the state government for the cleaning of their schools,โ€ the statement reads.

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