Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola
has directed that all learning and teaching activities in Lagos Schools
be suspended until Wednesday, October 8, for the new academic session.
Governor Fashola gave the directive on Sunday in Lagos at an
interactive session with Principals, Vice Principals, Head Teachers and
Assistant Head Teachers of public secondary and primary schools in the
state.
He noted that the additional two weeks of holiday will allow the
state government to further put in place all necessary precautionary
measures against the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Lagos state
schools.
Fashola who commended the concern, commitment and dedication of Lagos
teachers to their work and concern against the spread of the EVD
explained that there are no sides to the issue of containing the spread
of the Virus in state as both the government and the teachers are on the
same side.
The Governor however emphasized the need for everyone to rededicate
themselves to good personal and environmental hygiene particularly hand
washing techniques adding that the need to do so cannot be over
emphasized now since such acts can help in the eradicate the Virus in
our state.
He explained that all public schools in the state will be connected
to the Lagos State Water Corporation in order to ensure that they have
potable water in the Schools and that each floor of public school have
hand washing bucket in order to ensure effective hand washing among the
students and pupils of public schools.
Earlier, the State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers,
Comrade Adesegun Raheem commended the State government for controlling
and combating the Virus adding that if other countries have shown the
same commitment and dedication shown by the state government in the
fight against the Virus, the Ebola issue would have been a thing of the
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