Ignore September 22 Resumption Date, NUT Tells Teachers

Minister of Health has said there’s no single confirmed case of Ebola in Nigeria currently and it’s safe for primary and secondary schools to resume but the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, is not convinced. Today September 16th, NUT directed its members to ignore the Sept. 22nd resumption date of schools in Nigeria.

Speaking today to journalists in Abuja, the NUT National President, Comrade Micheal Olukoya, said teachers should only resume if the government provides them with necessary preventive & protective gadgets on Ebola virus.

Continue… NUT president Olukoya said; “Where the federal government insists on the 22nd September, 2014, date in spite of the wise counsel, the union will rather direct teachers to resume schools whenever they are sufficiently trained and their schools have been provided with the necessary preventive and protective gadgets.

For the avoidance of doubt, the teachers have this day, resolved to resume classes in obedience to the federal government directive, in states where teachers have been trained to handle any outbreak and all the required preventive and protective gadgets such as hand gloves, sanitizers, infra-red thermometers, running water and soaps have been provided as directed by federal government of Nigeria. In states where the training has not been done and necessary safeguarding gadgets not provided, teachers shall continue to remain at home until their state governments respond positively or the union directs them to the contrary”.

BREAKING NEWS : Another Ebola Infected woman Arrested At Lagos Airport.

We just had a report that another Liberian woman who is already infected with the deadly Ebola Virus has been arrested in Lagos international airport today, She Flew in through Air Morok.

The woman whose name is still not known as the at the time of filing this report  was detected to have been infected with the virus after thorough screening  as she landed at Lagos MMIA and she was immediately arrested.

I Never Believed Ebola Existed -- LIBERIA RAP ARTISTE

Charles Yegba, a Liberian rap artist. Photo courtesy of WHO
Liberian rap artist, Charles Yegba, has penned a song about Ebola, admitting he originally doubted the existence of Ebola.

According to the rap artiste, the song about Ebola is part of an educational campaign to raise awareness about the deadly disease affecting Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

"I thought it was a lie (invented) to collect money because at that moment I hadn't seen people affected in my community," he explained.

Charles revealed that his viewpoint changed when he encountered a man in Monrovia lying in the street with symptoms of Ebola. "At that moment, I started to believe. I began to see that other countries were being affected, that many people were starting to change their minds."

"Take away the fear, don't hide yourself. People can still survive from Ebola," reads a line from Yegba's song.

-Nigeriafilms .com