NUT ask teachers to ignore September 22nd resumption date

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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. 
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Ebola: Film-Makers Oppose School Resumption Date

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According to Sahara Reporters, ome Nollywood filmmakers earlier today held a rally in Ikeja, Lagos State to educate the public on the dreaded Ebola virus. The rally was also aimed at opposing the September 22nd resumption date for schools. Celebrities present for the rally include 'Folake Daramola, Saidi Balogun' and others. Speaking on the resumption date, Jide Kosoko, said school toilets are an eyesore that put children at susceptible ends to disease infection.

Nigerian Teachers threaten to go on strike over new resumption date

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The Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, have threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the Federal government does not shift the date of resumption as well as put in place measures that would protect their members from contracting the deadly Ebola virus while teaching in schools.

Speaking in a telephone interview with Punch, the National President of the NUT, Michael Alogba, said the union had taken a decision not to allow any of its members go into any school to teach if the eradication of the deadly virus has not been scientifically and medically proven.
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