Ahead of Monday’s resumption of primary and secondary schools in Kaduna, the state Ministry of Education on Saturday distributed 6,000 thermometers, hand gloves and sanitizers to heads of public and private schools in the 23 Local Government Areas of the state.

Speaking to Channels Television after presenting the temperature equipment and other items to the state chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and Zonal Education inspectors in his office, the state Commissioner for Education, Ibrahim Ali, said adequate preventive measures have been put in place to ensure the health and safety of teachers and students against the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.

He also disclosed the 13,000 teachers, who have been trained on how to handle ebola virus disease cases, have been deployed to all the private and public schools across the state to ensure basic preventive measures are in place when the schools resume.

The project, which the commissioner said cost the state government the sum of 116 million naira, is aimed at ensuring that the state remains ebola free.

On his part, the state NUT chairman, expressed satisfaction with the level of preparedness of the state government towards ensuring that both the teachers and students are adequately protected from contacting the deadly disease ahead of the resumption date.

He also assured that all the teachers in the state will resume on Monday, September 22.