Can anyone confirm this news please:

http://businessdayonline.com/2014/09/finally-fg-nma-agree-on-september-22-school-resumption-date/#.VBdNq_ldUlJ

I can't seem to see any reference to it anywhere.

Watching it now on Channels TV. All I can say now is God help our kids and us in turn!!!

I hope no one regrets this...

The Federal Government and Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)on Mondayagreed on theSeptember 22resumption date for all public and private schools across the country. In accordance with the amicable resolution of the crisis, all public and private schools across the country are to resume the 2014/2015 academic session onMonday, September 22, 2014. At the meeting held at the instance of the House Committee on Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, minister of education and Kayode Obembe, the NMA president, in different presentations affirmed that the environment is safe for the schools to resume, contrary to media reports credited to the NMA. Meanwhile, Aminu Suleiman, chairman, House Committee on Education, raised alarm over hike in tuition fee in some private schools for procurement of sanitizer. Suleiman and other members of the committee expressed concerns over the conflicting views between the Federal Government and professional bodies including NMA and Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) as well as inadequate infrastructure especially water in public primary and secondary schools nationwide. Speaking on the efforts made so far, Shekarau who described NMA’s opposing view as “uncivilised and over-trivialised”, explained that the new date was announced after satisfactory consultation with state commissioners of education, All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) and officials of Federal Ministry of Health. He noted that Bauchi State has released several millions of naira as part of efforts to prevent the outbreak of EVD, while many state governments have improved water and sanitation. He maintained that the state governments have the sole responsibility of “putting the preventive machinery in place” as well as determining the number of weeks for the school calendar based on the minimum and maximum standard set by Federal Government. In his presentation, Kayode Obembe who concurred with the new resumption date, however, faulted government for failing to consult with the association before announcing the new resumption date. The NMA helmsman, who lauded efforts of various stakeholders in checking the scourge of EVD and safeguarding the victims, however, called for proactive actions towards improving the health system. He said, “In order to keep our country free from any other entry/importation of this disease, we must maintain informed, educated and reasonably eternal vigilance over the matter and avoid all behaviours based on rumours and lies or other acts of ignorance or wickedness. “In this regard, all Nigerians must be warned against all rumours and that they must never spread nor act on any information about any of the haemorrhagic disease (or any disease for that matter) without due verification from a properly and professionally educated person and who has been authorised to speak on the subject matter by the federal or state governments or a competent professional body as the NMA. “In regard of the issue of school resumption for the first term of the 2014/2015 academic year this September, it is important that in order not to feed into the unhealthy fear monster in the country, schools should resume but efforts should be geared towards putting the following in place…” These include screening of all entrants into the country for fever as well as from countries of entry or recent travellers before coming to Nigeria. “All recent travellers to all the provinces of the current endemic countries of the Ebola disease, namely Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Gabon, must be carefully scrutinised for the presence of the virus and epidemiologically treated accordingly.” He also called on all the state governments to resuscitate their infectious disease hospitals at the state headquarter towns and update them to be able to take care of any viral haemorrhagic fever and other medical infectious disease emergencies.

It is well

Isn't this Stale....

Or am not getting it

Back to school children

Nigerians need not to worry nah.

Since d outbreak in W/Africa, we remain d only country to have contained it without Zmapp;
Afterall we have the Nano Silver, Bitter Kola, Salt solution, and now Ewedu soup so fear not.

Let the schools resume - God will watch over our kids join (Amen).

Why are they so much in a hast to open these schools? FG claim no more Ebola case currently at hand, why not wait 4 another 21 days to be very certain... Kids are no adults oh. Well I blame the private schools who are putting pressure on FG, they have collected loans from banks to Upgrade their facilities and want to quickly gather the school fees and pay back to avoid paying much interest!

God help us...

Very true, I saw it on channels tv with the minister of education and NMA chairman addressing the press.

At last.... stil sad fr kids tho

So I guess parents shouldn't start prepping their kids for the resumption, and also teach them not to touch their teachers or other learners in school

So this fool think my kids will go back to school never

Well for ur info my kids will stay at home


Cause they should give me one good reason why they should resume

As long as there is ebola am sorry I love my kids and they mean the world to me.

Its well

As long as the proper precautions are taken to forestall any outbreak, I c no reason why these pupils should be "detained unlawfully" at home

korel9: K

yorex2011: Why na??

datbay: It is well

phransix147: .

Shemmyglo: Its well

phransix147: .

una resumption na when

Good Morning Nigerians

Diago costa=Chelsea!

@ last

Corper shun.............. Work Don start niyen Kano dubi giwa

Long overdue

Three FP posts in two days ......FTC I see you

Back to topic: abeg make them do resume, make i see how chidinma small bros wan take spoil our parol.
This holiday go still make sense sha!

My kids are nowhere till I'm satisfied ebola is finally eradicated.
I no fit shout!

dammyjay93: As long as the proper precautions are taken to forestall any outbreak, I c no reason why these pupils should be "detained unlawfully" at home

In naija? Those private schools that are after only money?

Or those public schools that are not properly funded?

If I were those parents my kids ain't going anywhere till I am sure the virus poo has been eradicated....

Good development, I have always seen no reason why school should not resume while other public instiitutions are well functioning.

Go back to school Nigerians. Why don't you stop churches and parties too? Educationally backward country always looking for alibis to evade education.

Not ma concern exactly.. I no own skul and i no dey secondary again...........................

We dey on strike... Indefinitely!

gladpresh: una resumption na when