The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the cholera outbreak in the country.
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda , has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the cholera outbreak in the country. He made the call in a statement on Saturday, stressing the need for coordinated joint stakeholders' action against the outbreak to nip it in the bud. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control had earlier announced the outbreak of the water-borne disease in 30 states of the Federation.
He added that “as schools across the nation resume from the recent public holidays, there is an urgent need to declare state of emergency on cholera'. “This declaration will enable coordinated efforts at all levels of government to deploy resources swiftly toward containing the outbreak, improving sanitation infrastructure, and intensifying public health education campaigns.
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