As part of reactionary measures to curb the further spread of the
Ebola virus disease, the Federal government has passed out a directive
instructing all primary and secondary schools in Nigeria to remain shut
until further notice.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students
Matters, Comrade Jude Imagwe, disclosed the postponement of school
resumption in Abuja on Wednesday, 13 August.
He said that President Goodluck Jonathan was aware of the danger of
the disease to the nation’s school children and therefore, has ordered
that the schools remained on holiday till the country finds a way out of
the outbreak.
He said, “He advised that as a President, he did not desire that our
secondary and primary schools should be opened at this time because we
have high population of young brothers and sisters who want to see
themselves grow from primary and graduate tomorrow.”
“We cannot have what it takes to have eye on each of these brothers and sisters, the future of this country in their classes.”
Imagwe, however, failed to state the period of time the students would be on the compulsory holiday.
Nigeria has now recorded 11 cases of infection and 4 deaths from the Ebola virus disease.
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