Primary, Secondary Schools Resume At Last ...Hygiene Must Improve!

Private and public primary and secondary schools in Nigeria are reopening across the country after the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak forced an extension of the holidays.

With Nigeria still treating EVD cases, the government has shifted the resumption date from September to the 13th of October.

In a dramatic twist however, the date was shifted backwards to the 22nd of September after concerns raised by school owners and other stakeholders.

Days later, the the House of Representatives on Tuesday tasked its Committee on Education to review the resumption date, “in the overall interest of the pupils and students, parents and guardians and the general well-being of the entire country”.

It got trickier with the Federal Government announcing the 22nd of September and directing schools all over the country to comply.

President Goodluck Jonathan joined the fray, insisting schools must resume as ""Ebola is no longer a threat in Nigeria."

However, with the Muslim Eid-el Kabir festival coming in the first week of October and lingering fears of an EVD resurgence lurking in many minds, state governors staggered the resumption date for schools in their domains.

The Rivers State government even threatened to sanction schools that resume before the 6th of October 6th.

The Sallah festivities are now over, Nigeria has come out better against the virus and schools are supposedly prepared for any emergency.

Students will be returning to their dusty classrooms.

There should a lot of changes, especially as regards hygiene.

Hygiene must improve if the EVD, and other diseases, must be kept at bay, away from the pupils.