Teachers Threaten Strike Over Schools’ Resumption Date

The Nigerian Union of Teachers has threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government fails to put in place measures to protect its members and pupils from contracting the deadly Ebola Virus Disease before the   resumption of schools.

But the Federal Government says there is no going back on the date since there is no scientific basis for schools to remain shut beyond the September 22 resumption date announced by the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau.

The NUT National President, Michael Alogba, in a telephone interview   with one of our correspondents on Wednesday, stated that the union would not allow   any of its members to teach until it was scientifically and medically proven that the country was out of the Ebola scourge.

The Federal Government initially fixed October 13 as schools’ resumption date but it later announced the new date , saying that the country was almost Ebola-free.

But the new date drew criticism from doctors, activists and civil society groups who alleged that the government was stampeded into announcing it by some powerful school proprietors.

Nigerian Doctors Insist They Are Still On Strike (New Tweets)

Despite pleas by various governments’ officials for the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to call off their strike action in the face of the Ebola virus outbreak, the doctors have stuck to their guns, insisting the one month old strike continues.

Nigerian Doctors Suspend Strike Over Ebola

 Public sector doctors in Nigeria  called off their 5-week old strike yesterday August 7th to help with the fight against the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in Nigeria.
In a statement issued by the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, the doctors listed “the incursion of Ebola into Nigeria” as a main reason for suspending the strike.
Two days ago, the Lagos state government through the Commissioner for Health, Dr Idris Jide, had appealed to striking doctors to call off their strike so as to help contain the spread of the virus.





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FG Agrees To Appoint Surgeon-General Of Federation

Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to appoint a Surgeon-General of the Federation as demanded by the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), a competent source in the Presidency, has said.
The source, who pleaded anonymity, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.
The source told NAN that Jonathan gave the concession after a meeting he summoned to avert the NMA Jan. 6 planned industrial action.