COVID-19 SHUTDOWN LEAVES NIGERIAN STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS STRUGGLING TO WORK BECAUSE OF POOR INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE
April 2nd, 2020
Nigeria’s universities have been struggling to work online following the March 20 federal government shutdown of all education institutions to restrict public gatherings and curb the spread of the coronavirus. The shutdown has left campuses deserted as students returned to their various homes. Except for staff with official residences on campus, lecturers also have largely vacated their offices.
“Even the administrative work is also shut down because of the general lockdown,” Omololu Soyombo, Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos (Unilag), told ...
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