NIGERIAN MUSIC EDUCATION IN A PANDEMIC ERA: EXCELLING XEROPHYTES IN A NEW NORMAL

Abstract

The last lap of the second decade of the twenty first century saw a pandemic known as COVID-19, which broke out in the Peoples Republic of China and within a short time, spread to different parts of the world, infecting millions of people with over a million people dead worldwide and hundreds of thousands in America, Italy, India, Britain, Spain, South Africa, etc. It eventually came to Nigeria in February 2020, but we should thank God that the death toll in Nigeria has not been as horrendous as other nations like South Africa, America and in Europe. Like other nations, as instructed or advised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nigeria set up her NCDC to sensitize her citizens on the need to adhere to COVID-19 instructions so as to minimize the number of infected people.