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Ebola: Ogun shift schools resumption date


The Ogun State Government has postponed the
resumption date for primary and secondary
schools in the state to October 8 to allow adequate
measures to be put in place against the spread of
Ebola virus disease(EVD) among pupils and
teachers.
Addressing reporters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State
capital, the Secretary to the State Government
(SSG), Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, said the decision was
arrived at after a meeting of stakeholders– the
state government, the Nigerian Union of Teachers
(NUT) and the parents of pupils, among others.
According to Adeoluwa, it is better to err on the
side of “caution and safety” instead of gambling
with the health of the school children, teachers and
the general public or put them in grave danger.
At the press briefing where the Commissioner for
Education, Science and Technology, Mr Segun
Odubela, his Information and Strategy counterpart,
Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, and heads of teachers’
unions were present, the SSG said the state had
received neither fund nor gadgets from the Federal
Government in respect of EVD.
He noted that at the stakeholders’ meeting, the
state government had expressed readiness to
resume school on Monday, September 22, as
directed by the Federal Government, but changed
the date as not all the schools, particularly the
privately owned ones, had complied with safety
measures on EVD.
Adeoluwa said: “The state government on its part
has taken necessary steps to curtail the spread of
the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD) as it has trained over
12,000 teachers, both private and public schools,
on preventive measures against it.”
According to him. a number of gadgets like
infrared thermometer, hand gloves, sanitizers,
water, among others, were also procured while
government was compelled to shift the resumption
date in the interest of pupils, teachers, parents and
other stakeholders.