Report says that some government officials in Ogun state are demanding a sum of N25,000 as fee for the COVID-19 test.
This follows the announcement by the Ogun state government that no boarding school pupil would be allowed to resume without a valid negative COVID-19 test certificate.
Recall that the government also directed parents to take their wards to designated places for the test between Friday, 31 July and Monday, 4 August.
Also, the state government announced that students in exit classes are expected to resume August 4 so as to prepare for their forthcoming exams
The Punch reported that parents of pupils in private secondary schools in Ogun State on Sunday kicked against the request of N25,000 COVID-19 test fee by the government.
Many of the parents, who took their demonstrations to the streets, faulted the decision of the government to ask them to pay N25,000 on each pupil before they could be allowed to resume.
The dissatisfied parents on Sunday thronged the MTR 250 bed specialist hospital, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the designated place for the pupils in Abeokuta.
It was gathered that attempts by the parents to get their children tested for free failed as they were asked to pay N25,000 on each child.
According to report, many parents were locked out of the facility.
Some of the parents, who spoke with The PUNCH anonymously because of attendant consequences lamented that the payment of N25,000 for COVID-19 test shows the government cared less about its citizens.
They complained that the economic reality in the country has made it difficult to pay such an amount of money.
At the time of filing this report, the the Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Primary and Secondary Education, Ronke Soyombo who gave this directive through the state government could not be reached.