The RSG has provided
Ebola preventive materials for all model primary schools in the state to be distributed on resumption of the new academic session.
The materials include thermometers  buckets, soaps and hard sanitizers.
Speaking during the presention of the materials at the Township Model Primary School 1, Moscow Road, PH the State Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence – Nemi, said the gesture is in fulfillment of the government’s concern for the safety of people and teachers in the state.
She used the forum to commend the state Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike  Amaechi and Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker, for the proactive steps taken in curtailing the Ebola virus Disease (EVD) in the state.
The Commissioner stated that the provision of the EVD preventive materials was also in fulfillment of an earlier promise made to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to ensure the safety of their lives.
Also speaking at the occasion, Dr Parker charged the teacher to put the materials to use in their various schools.
He noted that, “though the state is free from Ebola, the fight against the dreaded disease is still on, the awareness for the disease is still on.
He also used the opportunity to urge residence in the state to continue to maintain personal hygiene, noting that, while teachers should take any pupil that develop high fever to the nearest health facility, sick children should not be allowed to come to school.
“Yes, we have won the battle against Ebola in Rivers State, but the war against Ebola is not over, and we must all be alert, we must continue to keep  our environment clean”, Dr Parker said.
While commending the State Government for its efforts in checking the spread of the EVD in the state, the state NUT chairman, Chief Godfrey Nwosu assured that teachers will reach out to health officials any time they have serious health challenge in their various schools.
He also assured that the state NUT will duely inform its national body of the receipt of Ebola prevention materials in the state, noting that with this, teachers in the state are now eager to return to classes.

Cross sectionof participants during a language curriculum development workshop at State Primary School Olanada, Rumuola Port Harcourt recently. Photo: Egberi A. Sampson