Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged the Federal Government to close its borders with affected West African countries to prevent the outbreak of Ebola
virus in the country.
virus in the country.
Speaking at Lagos House, Ikeja, on Friday, Fashola said Ebola was no longer a local problem, but an international one that required urgent measures in place to prevent its spread.
He said, “This is because it is easily
transmittable across the borders and boundaries.
transmittable across the borders and boundaries.
“The Federal Government team has been working with the state’s team. But I think what the Federal Government should do is to consider closing down some of our borders.
“It is difficult to stop this epidemic and we must now choose the treaty obligations that we hold under the ECOWAS treaty and perhaps short term benefits in terms of economic cost to human life. We must make that choice and consider it very seriously. It is a national security issue and I think that we should give it that attention.
“I think that men and women who man our border posts – sea, air and land -especially the customs, now know that they are our first line of defence.
“It is prevention, rather than calling the health professionals to quarantine people, that is really the strongest defence against the virus”.
3 comments:
He does not have to be so one sided on this issue. There are Nigerians dere looking for way to come home so if they close the boarders how would dey go about it?
Good idea. We gat to he isolated from them.
Not supported. I prefer the Algerian government do proper check at the airport.
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