Amid concerns over the resurgence of Ebola in parts of Africa, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, has appealed to governors across the 36 states to provide adequate funding for their health workers as part of measures aimed at preventing the virus from entering Nigeria.
Idris made the appeal at the third edition of the Adetokunbo Alakija Memorial Lecture and induction of 52 new members into the Nigerian Society of Travel Medicine, held in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday.
He said that while the Federal Government had continued to implement measures to ensure that Ebola did not spread into the country, state governments needed to do more in capacity building and funding interventions aimed at preventing the spread of the disease.
He noted that some of the measures already in place included strengthened monitoring and prevention efforts at airports, as well as contact tracing where necessary.
Idris said, “The idea is to prevent any cases from entering the country, and this is one of the most practical ways to achieve that.
