The Senate yesterday advised both private and government schools to put in place precautionary measures to curtail the spread of Ebola as schools resume next week.
It also concurred that enough efforts had been made for resumption of schools.
The Senate equally urged the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and the African Union, AU, to create regional and continent-wide containment programme to avoid further spread of the EVD from one country to another.
These were part of the resolutions from the motion, titled “The Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria”, sponsored by Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and co-sponsored by 106 other senators.
But the Senate President, Senator David Mark, cautioned that precautionary measures should be put in place by both private and government schools as the students and pupils go back to school on Monday, despite the efforts of government in tackling the virus.
Senator Mark also commended the commitment and dedication of the Federal Government and, indeed, the entire country in uniting
On the call for the immortalization of Dr. Ameyo Adedevoh who paid the supreme price with her life by ensuring that the Liberian diplomat, Patrick Sawyer, did not spread rapidly, Mark said the patriotism was worthwhile and should be rewarded.
He said: “I think we can’t thank Dr. Adadevoh enough because she went out of her way beyond any body’s expectation to control Patrick Sawyer who would have otherwise done havoc much more beyond our imagination and I think the nation will do well to honour her and indeed other workers in the health industry who sacrificed their personal lives just to make sure that most of us are alive.
“We certainly need to commend the Lagos State government because they have done a lot and the Federal Government who also did a lot to ensure that we don’t allow this to spread beyond what we have seen.
