Breaking -Landlords Demand COVID-19 Tests For Returning Students

By UTHMAN ORIYOMI.

Breaking – Landlords hosting students of higher institutions in Ibadan may be demanding COVID-19 tests from returning students before readmitting them,

 This was a major fallout of a town and gown meeting of The Polytechnic Ibadan, on Monday, and which was attended by several stakeholders.

The Eagle reports that though it was one of them, Mr Falade Ajadi who urged the school authorities to speak to the Oyo State government to consider organisating COVID-19 tests on returning students, he seemed to have spoken the minds of other landlords.

According to him, pre-readmission tests would not only establish the health status of each returning student, but also reassure other tenants while also helping in the efforts at checkmating the further spread of the virus.

Speaking earlier, the Rector Prof. Kazeem Adebiyi, said the essence of the meeting was to re-emphasise the importance role that the landlords were playing in the school as a critical stakeholder, and their importance in stopping further spread of corona virus.

He said the polytechnic authority was ready for suggestions from the house owners on the possible steps to take towards ensuring the safety of the students when they resume as resumption is at the corner.

 The Dean of Students Affairs, Dr Sikiru Adetona Ajibola, said safety precautions had already been laid down for the students to follow in school and outside but that it was also important to sensitise them ahead of time

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A Head of Department in the school, simply identified as Dr Ogunsina took out time to enumerate the various steps that the landlords and landladies could take to ensure safety of lives for everybody once the students return.

He said this included the provision of wash hand basins in front of their houses and if possible sanitizers, as well as the making of nose covers mandatory.

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He further said the house owners were also expected to get infrared thermometers to check temperature of their tenants

“Apparently, every Landlord and Landlady should fight against the issue of overcrowding, that is, be strongly against squatting and gathering of more than five people in a room” he added.