Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has advised schools
proprietors and parents to stop agitating for early resumption of
schools across the country. This was announced at the weekend in Akure, the state capital by the
state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, at the public
presentation/investiture ceremony of Mr. Bode Akinwumi as the 28th
President of the Akure/Owena Lions Clubs for 2014-2015 Lions year, This
Day reports.
He said the governor urged parents and proprietors to allow the
Federal Government exploit all necessary measures in ensuring that the
country is free from the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Adeyanju further revealed that the state government has already put
in place measures to contain the spread of the disease in the state. He
urged residents to always abide by instruction from medical
practitioners in order to avoid contracting the deadly disease. The commissioner, who expressed optimism that Ebola will be fully
contained, said there had been other deadly diseases that have come and
gone in the past, and advised that all the was needed is for people to
follow the instructions about the disease. He said residents should call
if there is any suspicious case of Ebola, and pleaded to residents to
always ask questions.
“If our students must go back to school, they should not go back
in trouble, we should not forget that only one case in Lagos brought
problem to the whole country, so there is need for us to be in a hurry
about our children’s resumption date” he said.
Following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria on
July 20, 2014, the federal government in its effort to curb the disease
from further spreading across the country, directed that school
resumption across the country should be postponed.
The decision reportedly sparked a lot of reactions from schools proprietors and parents. On the September 13, 2014, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State cleared the air on the anticipated resumption date for public and private schools as directed by the Federal Government.
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