In condemning the postponement, Chief Otubela said that the continued holiday for the students will make them more susceptible as “they will wander the streets, keep undesirable company, or travel further afield to neighbouring West African countries and become exposed to greater risk with the chances of returning with the virus."
Teachers in Lagos State have continued to decry the postponement of school resumption, saying that it is not the solution to combating the spread of the Ebola Virus, and that the measure will further keep students out of education indefinitely.
This submission was made by Chief Otubela Abayomi, President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Lagos State Chapter, at a sensitization forum on security awareness in schools held in Ikeja.
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In condemning the postponement, Chief Otubela said that the continued holiday for the students will make them more susceptible as “they will wander the streets, keep undesirable company, or travel further afield to neighbouring West African countries and become exposed to greater risk with the chances of returning with the virus."
He further stated the economic backlash of this measure will be of "gargantuan proportions that eventually it will dent or damage the Nigerian economy at large.”
He then asked the government to consider alternative options which include “recognising and utilizing schools for its valuable role in helping to educate the young people, their parents, and the local community on the reality and dangers of the Ebola Virus Disease and teaching them the preventive and management measures.”
“Each school must have a written Ebola Virus risk assessment, prevention and management programme,” he said.