COVID-19: NAPPS, Sapele Chapter Distributes Palliatives To Members

By Daniel Dafe
The executive of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Sapele Local Government Area Chapter, today presented cash to members in the area as a mode of palliatives to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown that led to the closure of their schools over two months ago.

Chairman, NAPPS, Sapele LGA, Rev. Winner Okiki (l) presenting cash palliative to one of the members of the association, Mrs. Onojofe. 1. A. of Sapele Baptist Association Schools.

It will be recalled that the federal and state government ordered the shutdown of schools as a measure to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.
The Chairman, Reverend Winner Okiki of God’s Glory Schools, Amukpe, who spoke to Oasis Magazine (OM) during a phone conversation, added that the move became necessary because the federal government and the Central Bank of Nigeria were yet to respond to the appeal by NAPPS for financial support.
According to him, though what got to each member was little, it will assist them to some extent.
He called on members to continue to be united and work together, urging them to pay their dues when schools resume especially since the association’s account has been depleted by the exercise.
He called on the government to come to their aid, saying that this is the time to know how much the government loves her citizens.
He continued: “When school resumes now, they will come around for their tax and levies. Our staff did not get any palliative from us and the lockdown may result to the sack of some staff,” adding that many have gone into other businesses.
“Many of the staff may weigh what they have benefitted this period and may not even come back to work,” he opined.
Speaking further, he said: “The only thing we got from the Delta State government as a chapter during the lockdown was 75 facemasks that could not even get to all our members in Sapele because we are about 100.”
Okiki appealed to the state government to assist school owners in such a time like this.
On the guidelines the government is asking them to provide for schools to reopen, he said the government in the state asked them to go and sort themselves out.
“There is no money anywhere to provide those things,” he stressed.