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As Nigeria celebrates its 54 years of independence, a youth
and political pressure group, Advocate for Collective Transformation ACT has said the effect of bad leadership in the country cannot be compared to ravaging Ebola Virus Disease, EVD.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Wednesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria’s efforts at containing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
Nigeria that unfortunately became afflicted with the EVD courtesy of the late Liberian official Mr. Sawyer, battled tooth and nail to control and contain the EVD from spreading among the very large populations.
Disturbed by the directive issued by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) that its members should not resume on September 22, President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to them to shelve the planned industrial action.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to shelve the September 22 resumption date for schools nationwide.
It is perhaps such an uncanny truth that the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease [EVD] outbreak in Nigeria should be so thoroughly representative of the good, the bad and the ugly in our national life and body polity.
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) has pledged the support of the military of Member States for the battle against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), in the region.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Friday said that there was no reason why schools should not reopen on September 22.
Chukwu said this at a media briefing in Lagos.
Global acknowledgement of the sterling leadership shown by the Lagos State Government and Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN in the containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country came from no less a body than the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday.
The Federal Government has reacted to calls in some quarters that schools should remain shut nationwide until when the country is certified Ebola-free, insisting students must return to school on September 22, 2014.
Nigeria is now free of confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu has said.
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) will hold its 34th Ordinary Session 9-11 September 2014 in Accra, Ghana to review the general security situation in the region and determine adequate responses.
The Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday announced that a total of 339 contacts who were previously under surveillance for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been discharged having completed 21 days of observation.
As parts of its contribution to enlightening the public on how to curb the spread of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), a group, a youth group is organizing awareness campaign tour of the 23 Councils in Rivers State.
The Management of University of Jos has constituted an Ebola Preparedness Committee to enlighten staff and students on the Ebola virus and create awareness on how to prevent its spread.
Apparently satisfied with the near containment of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Federal Government Friday directed all private and public primary and secondary schools to reopen for 2014/2015 academic activities on September 22.
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc on behalf of the NPDC/SEPLAT JV has joined other well-meaning Nigerian corporates in donating to the cause of eradication of the Ebola Virus Disease by donating N30 million to First Consultants Medical Centre, Lagos and N20 million to the Lagos Isolation Centre.
Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned some individuals, especially traditional medicine practitioners and spiritual healers on their purported ability to provide cure for Ebola Virus Disease in the state.
Pandemonium broke out in Asaba, Delta state capital on Thursday, following the news of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba.