Lagos
State Governor Babatunde Fashola had said that the state would soon deploy
health workers to Sierra Leone to aid in the fight against Ebola
Lagos State is set to deploy health workers to join the
fight against Ebola
in Sierra Leone,
Governor Babatunde
Fashola has said.
Fashola
stated this while speaking at a programme held in Ikeja to commemorate
his 2700th day in office.
The
governor said that the health workers had aided in the containment of the
disease in the state and so they were being sent to replicate their successes
in the neighbouring country.
Fashola
added further that Nigeria won't be completely safe from the disease until it
had been conquered in all the affected countries.
He
said:
“Lagos
is free from Ebola, Nigeria is free from Ebola. But that does not mean there cannot
be another case.”
“For
as long as people are moving from countries to countries, the risk of
infections is still there."
“That
is why I appeal to the Federal Government to continue to scrutinise people
travelling into Nigeria from land, sea and air from regions where the problem
is still ravaging."
“That
is why some of the things the commissioner for health will be announcing very
soon is the arrangements we are making to send some of our health workers and
volunteers to go and help out in Sierra Leone."
“That
is the only way we ,the whole of Africa and the World can be safe.”
The
governor also announced the appointment of Dr Oluwakemi Sekoni as Chief Scientific
Adviser to aid the formulation of strategies against the disease in the state.
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