The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Wednesday that students in private and public schools in the country may resume from holiday by the middle of this month.

Prof. Chukwu disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

At the briefing were the Ministers of Information, Labaran Maku, Transport, Umar Idris, National Planning, Abubakar Suleiman and Power (State), Mohammed Wakil.

The Federal Government through the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, had last month announced October 13 as resumption date for all schools.

Chukwu said the expert opinion on Ebola, with the strong containment efforts by the government, is that the students can resume earlier than October 13.

The new resumption date, he said, will be announced by the Minister of Education after meeting with states Commissioners for Education and other stakeholders, who were involved in fixing the October 13 date.

The minister, who gives weekly report to the Council on the Ebola disease brought to Nigeria by the late Liberian- American, Patrick Sawyer in July, said that there are presently 296 contacts under surveillance in the country.

The 296 under surveillance, he said, include 255 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and 41 in Lagos State.

After three weeks of surveillance in Lagos, he said 320 persons have been removed from surveillance list in the state.

Read more @ http://newsnownigeria.com.ng/ebola-schools-may-resume-mid-september-health-minister/

lmao ;Dlmao...its nt easy sha ! They've tired so soon#Nigeria#

Okay

Bunch of confused liars
By the way, how much to sell plot of land here?

They better be sure they've handled Ebola well before any school resumption. A mistake won't be accepted because this involves kids.

good news

All those teaching corpers that have travelled, leaving us the medical and legal corpers....NTOOOOO!!!

Love to hear that

elobyobi: L

Na wa o. L for learner

I still prefer Oct 13 as resumption date.

School better resume oo. No time. If Ebola shld make u close schools, churches shld be closed too

bunch of confused folks

Why must this government easily go back and forth on their words like kids?? It's as if they never truly think through things before making pronouncements.

How will someone ever take them serious?

#9ja with Unstable information since Oct 1st, 1960

There should also be protective measures in schools to arrest any possible spread of the disease.
That said, I believe the government should deliberate efficiently on any decision before announcing it to the public. Going back on its decisions is a sign of weakness.

I guess the reaction of those private school owners prompted this new development. Let those kids go back to school, but protective measures must be put in place to avoid further spread of the virus.

Kunle106: W

W is for were.

The Octo.13 resumption date should be adherent to...

Politics shouldn't be involved in this Ebola fight.

Please those concerned should not play politics as they did with sure-p

what all these politician dat hold pubic office dey do dey tired person ,and most of them dey claim dey b expert for d job............I DONT KNW Y DEY CAN NT WAIT TILL MIDDLE OF OCTOBER FOR THE RESUMPTION IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN FROM DIS DEADLY DISEASE....................

pls u guys should allow me to be first to komment even for once.
Thanks
so when are they resuming?

my young prince is due to start schl. So I'm waiting for schl to start.

Whatever they say.

The FG should have said "UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE" in the first place instead of just saying Oct 13th.

This would have saved them lots of trouble.

its a good development so far preventive measures will be put in place when they resume.. at least this my troublesome brother can now go to school earlier than supposed..

They better wait till there is enough assurance that the spread of the virus is fully under control and not take silly chances.

This act of not taking concrete and definite stand is my fear for this GEJ government.Just too many mistake at every turn.Ebola is not slowing down in most affected countries.What a serious government should be doing is to inform us of necessary actions and precautions being put in place, like getting thos electronic thermometers, holding regular PTA meetings in order to fully create awareness. If this issue gets out of hand, i recommend that all ministers and government officials that are responsible for any slip up should be shown the way out on the ground of incompetence.

Which kain tin be dis 1 nah? Abeg make una no try reverse d decision una don make earlier o... Na to collect ma nonsense NYSC cert I dey wait for o come oct 16... Anambra don tire me o

That has bn Nigeria problem policy somersault going front n back in their policy formation and implementatn over the yrs

elobyobi: All those teaching corpers that have travelled, leaving us the medical and legal corpers....NTOOOOO!!!

Una money pass our own nah... Una work suppose pass our work be dat..

Still under probability

Amanwulu1: .

Is this for sale?