NUT ask teachers to ignore September 22nd resumption date

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”.