Cholera: Some Lagos schools may not resume from break — Commissioner
•No cause for alarm, says Health Ministry FOLLOWING the outbreak of cholera, the Lagos State Commissioner for Primary and Basic Education, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, yesterday, disclosed that not all primary and secondary schools in the state may resume from the current mid-term cum Sallah break. Recall that students in public and private schools in the state have been on break for one and a half weeks. Alli-Balogun, who spoke with Vanguard, explained that the Ministry would have to wait for an advisory from the Ministry of Health to know the next line of action to take. His words: “Our schools are prepared for resumption. The necessary steps have been taken and we are on top of the situation. However, we are going to wait for the needed advisory from the Ministry of Health that is mapping out the areas affected by the outbreak of the disease. “We hope to get the advisory later and if the Ministry of Health tells us that going by their assessment of the situation across the state, they hav...