Eleven states resume today after forced Ebola holidays
Headlines, State News Wednesday, October 8th, 2014Schools in at least 11 states of the country are set to resume a new academic session today (Wednesday) after a forced holiday occasioned by the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak.
The states which had earlier shunned the September 22 resumption date announced by the Federal Government, picked October 8, as a more realistic resumption date to enable them to put in place the logistics required to prevent the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease and also observe the Eid-el-Kabir holiday.
Some of the states commencing academic activities today include Rivers, Benue, Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo.
Others are Kano, Kogi, Akwa -Ibom, Ebonyi, Ogun and Kwara states.
However, some states such as Niger, Zamfara and Adamawa, will resume on October 13.
In a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, the National President, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Mr. Michael Alogba, said the resumption was not nationwide as schools in some states had earlier resumed classes, having received the preventive equipment from the government.
The NUT had ordered its members to stay at home until the materials, such as digi
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