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| Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu |
On Wednesday, the Federal Government reversed its
decision to postpone resumption of primary and secondary schools across the
nation till October 13.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu,
who briefed state house correspondents after the Federal Executive Council
meeting presided by President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, indicated that
schools resumption date might be moved back to September.
Chukwu’s Education counterpart, Ibrahim Shekarau,
had earlier on August 26 announced the October 13 resumption date as a
precautionary step against the spread of Ebola virus.
However, at a briefing following the FEC meeting
on Wednesday, Chukwu said experts’ opinion had indicated that “students could
safely resume from mid-September.”
The minister said specific resumption date would
be announced after a meeting between the Minister of Education, states’
Commissioners of Education and other stakeholders involved in the earlier
postponement of the resumption date to October 13.
“The Minister of Education was directed by
council to convene an emergency meeting with all states commissioners of
Education in order to agree on when schools can resume nationwide,” he said.
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