Currently, 31 states recorded 1,528 cases in Nigeria with 53 deaths.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to set up a committee to oversee the cholera emergency operation centre operated by the National Centre For Disease Control, NCDC.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Health, Dr. Ali Pate, while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the council meeting chaired by the President at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Dr. Pate informed that the cabinet committee would be made up of members from the Federal Ministry of Health, Finance, Water Resources, Environment, Youth, Aviation and Education.
The minister also stated that the committee’s work was in addition to state government support aimed at mitigating open defecation in Nigeria.
Dr. Pate said: “The council then approved a cabinet committee comprising the federal ministries of health, ministry of finance, water resources, environment, youth, aviation, and education because some of our children will be returning to school.
“In addition to this, the state governments will be co-opted so that Nigeria makes progress in reducing open defecation because cholera is a developmental issue that requires a multi-sectoral approach.
“The President directed that cabinet committee be set up to oversee what the emergency operation centre led by NCDC is doing and for the resources to be provided, complemented by state governments.”
He said that currently, 31 states had recorded 1,528 cases in Nigeria with 53 deaths.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) gave similar report, adding that the epidemic has spread in 107 local government areas (LGAs) in the country.
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