By Austin Ogwuda & Francis Igata

ENUGU — ALTHOUGH a hand-ful of pupils and students in public schools reported to schools, yesterday, academic activities did not kick off due to fear of Ebola disease.

A visit to Enugu metropolis showed there was palpable fear over the dreaded Ebola disease. A female teacher told Vanguard at Urban Girls Secondary School, New Layout that “for now, we are just pretending to have resumed.

“The students that came to school as you can see have been asked to clean the school premises. Everywhere is so dirty after more than two months break.

“For us as teachers, we are prepared to deliver our best. We hope government will get these things (safety kits) ready before the weekend.”

The Public Relations Officer, PRO, Ministry of Education, Mr. Chris Chime, in a telephone interview, said:   “We will deliver the equipment to all schools in the 472 communitie, midweek.”