The Kwara State Government on Monday vowed to close down any school which violated the directive postponing the resumption of schools in the state.

The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alhaji Saka Onimago, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in llorin.

He said the state government was still putting the necessary measures in place to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the disease.

The commissioner added that arrangement had been perfected to train teachers on preventive measures.

"No school should resume until preventive measure is put in place to tackle the Ebola disease," Onimago said.

He said two teachers had been selected from all public and private schools in all the 16 local government areas of the state for the preventive training on Ebola virus.

A NAN correspondent, who went round Ilorin metropolis, reports that all schools remained shut.

In Osogbo, the Osun capital, all schools will remain shut until Monday, October 6, the state government has said.

Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Education, Mr Oyelade Oyeniran, told NAN that the resumption date was "authentic and irreversible."

He added, "Presently we are about to take the delivery of thermometers and other equipment that will be distributed to all schools to check the temperature of students as they come into the schools.

"The government in Osun is working assiduously to guard against any unpleasant situation, most especially on the issue of the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.

"It was for this germane reason that the government postponed the resumption date for all schools to Oct. 6 to have needed preventive measures on ground.

"As we all know that the children are more vulnerable than the adults in terms of their care-free attitude and innocent disposition to sensitive issues, there is need for proper planning for their protection."