Ebola: Lagos To Deploy Health Workers To Sierra Leone
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it was finalising arrangements to deploy some health workers who helped in the containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state to Sierra Leone.
The Governor, Babatunde Fashola, made the announcement in Ikeja while speaking at a programme to commemorate the 2,700 days of his administration in office.
The Governor, Babatunde Fashola, made the announcement in Ikeja while speaking at a programme to commemorate the 2,700 days of his administration in office.
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The governor said the health workers were to replicate the state’s containment strategies in Sierra-Leone.
Gov.Fashola said although Nigeria was, as of now, free from the disease, there was still the risk of new infections from cross-border movements.
The governor expressed optimism that EVD, just like other infectious diseases like Cholera that had once ravaged humanity without remedy, would soon get a cure.He said Nigerians needed not live in fear of the disease coming back into the country but urged them to take precautions that would guard against new infections in the country.
Mr. Fashola also announced that he had appointed Dr Oluwakemi Sekoni his Scientific Adviser as a move to enhance better response to Ebola disease and other infectious ailments.
The governor said the responsibilities of the new adviser would include providing public information about infectious diseases for effective response.
Others are actions and co-ordinating science-based research on food sufficiency, air pollution and helping in all other things that were likely to improve the general wellbeing of Lagos residents.
“Today, I am announcing the appointment of Dr. Oluwakemi Sekoni as my Chief Scientific Adviser. She would be presented at a formal induction ceremony shortly,” he said.
Reeling out some of his achievements in the last 100 days, Mr. Fashola said the Mainland Power Plant which would supply interrupted power to government facilities in mainland area was completed within the period.
He said the government also inaugurated a Power Academy that would train people on all aspects of electricity generation, distribution and transmission and help improve the power sector.
Mr. Fashola said the government also trained no fewer than 3,000 farmers on various aspects of agriculture and supported them with items to support their businesses.
He said work was speeded up at the 70-gallon Adiyan Water Works to improve water supply in the state. (NAN)
The governor said the health workers were to replicate the state’s containment strategies in Sierra-Leone.
Gov.Fashola said although Nigeria was, as of now, free from the disease, there was still the risk of new infections from cross-border movements.
The governor expressed optimism that EVD, just like other infectious diseases like Cholera that had once ravaged humanity without remedy, would soon get a cure.He said Nigerians needed not live in fear of the disease coming back into the country but urged them to take precautions that would guard against new infections in the country.
Mr. Fashola also announced that he had appointed Dr Oluwakemi Sekoni his Scientific Adviser as a move to enhance better response to Ebola disease and other infectious ailments.
The governor said the responsibilities of the new adviser would include providing public information about infectious diseases for effective response.
Others are actions and co-ordinating science-based research on food sufficiency, air pollution and helping in all other things that were likely to improve the general wellbeing of Lagos residents.
“Today, I am announcing the appointment of Dr. Oluwakemi Sekoni as my Chief Scientific Adviser. She would be presented at a formal induction ceremony shortly,” he said.
Reeling out some of his achievements in the last 100 days, Mr. Fashola said the Mainland Power Plant which would supply interrupted power to government facilities in mainland area was completed within the period.
He said the government also inaugurated a Power Academy that would train people on all aspects of electricity generation, distribution and transmission and help improve the power sector.
Mr. Fashola said the government also trained no fewer than 3,000 farmers on various aspects of agriculture and supported them with items to support their businesses.
He said work was speeded up at the 70-gallon Adiyan Water Works to improve water supply in the state. (NAN)
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