EBOLA=FG Gives Rivers Government N200M To Fight Ebola.
Prof. Chukwu, revealed that the federal government had earlier
released the same amount of money to the Lagos state to help fight the
deadly disease after it recorded its first case of EVD in Nigeria.Dr. Sampson Parker, Rivers State Commissioner for Health who
confirmed receiving the money on Friday, thanked President Goodluck
Jonathan for fulfilling his promise.
Parker also called on the state residents to continue to observe and
maintain a personal hygiene to sustain the fight against the Ebola
disease.
“Let me use this opportunity to thank the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, he promised to
release the sum of N200 million to the Rivers State government to assist
in the fight against EVD, that has been done and we have received it,” Parker said.
Meanwhile, Rivers State recorded its first case of Ebola virus
disease in August when a medical doctor, Ikye Enemuo, died after
treating an ECOWAS diplomat in a Port Harcourt hotel. The deceased
doctor became the first victim of the disease in the state as well as
the third doctor to die of Ebola disease in Nigeria.
It would be recalled that on September 15, 2014, the Rivers state government cried out that they have not seen the N200 million assistance the Federal Government promised them despite Lagos State receiving the sum.
However, on Thursday, August 28, the first recorded death from Ebola in Portharcourt was confirmed, a doctor who secretly treated an ECOWAS diplomat who had contact with Patrick Sawyer (index case), but the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has announced that Nigeria was completely free of active Ebola cases.
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