School Holiday may be extended to check Ebola spread!

As a precautionary measure to check spread of the Ebola Virus Disease, the Nigerian Minister of Education Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau is expected to meet with state Education Commissioners today on the possibility of extending the current school holiday which is supposed to end next Monday.

Spokesman to Shekarau's, Sule Ya'u Sule, reportedly told  newsmen that participants at the meeting would deliberate on the matter before the government makes any pronouncement on it.

"The minister has got the mandate of the president to meet with all education commissioners from the 36 states of the federation to discuss the issue and come up with a stand," he said.

Ya'u said the matter concerns all the country, hence the need to allow stakeholders in the sector to analyze the situation and decide on it.

"The stakeholders will at the end of the meeting come up with a recommendation upon which government will decide whether to extend the summer holiday or not," he said.