Lagos State Commissioner for Education Counsels Students on Hand Washing Culture

Lagos State commissioner for education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye has charged students in the state to imbibe the culture of frequent hand washing with soap and clean water as a precursor to the spread of diseases particularly the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EDV).

Oladunjoye disclosed this yesterday at a symbolic hand washing exercise organised by United Nations Information Centre in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Education to commemorate 2014 Global Hand Washing Day celebration at the premises of Falomo Senior Secondary School, Ikoyi.

The commissioner reiterated the need for students to maintain a good personal and environmental hygiene stressing that the outcome of their academic performances depends largely on their state of health.

Source: Leadership