The Presidential Task Force on Ebola Preparedness, Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats has actually ensured Nigerians it can deal with Ebola in the nation.
The Chairman of the Task Force and Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, stated this while talking to newsmen after the group’s emergency situation conference at the State House on Wednesday.
Gbajabiamila stated the Task Force has actually been working behind the scenes given that it was inaugurated in June this year. He included that this is why it was simple to find the index case found the other day.
“It’s really essential to note this. Considering that the concern of Ebola showed up in June, there have actually had to do with 44,000 flights in and out of Nigeria. It’s since of what the Ministry of Health, the job force and all the firms have actually been doing. All hands have actually been on deck.
“The traveler with the illness revealed no signs, which came 4 days after the lady entered Abuja, and it was the recognition procedure and the procedures that were put in location that made it possible for the fast recognition. That likewise speaks with the nation’s capability and capability to handle this illness as best as we can,” he stated.
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He guaranteed Nigerians that the Task Force would reinforce whatever required conditioning, the procedures, and guarantee more extensive enforcement progressing.
“The Task Force is on top of it. NCDC is on top of it; everybody is on deck. We need to construct neighborhood trust and prevent panic, however it’s likewise essential to state plainly that this is a collective effort in between the federal government and individuals.
He attracted all Nigerians to react to require compliance for the good of all.[ 19659013]
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, stated Nigeria has proficient health authorities, consisting of personal health center operators and companies, Immigration, Aviation, Interior, and subnational stars, who have actually put monitoring systems in location throughout the nation, all set to react.
“We have actually been carrying out contact tracing vigilantly and separating those contacts of the index imported case in this nation. We will continue to do that, and we wish to assure Nigerians that the federal government, along with its technical partners, the World Health Organisation, the Africa Centre for Disease Control, and our own Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, have actually triggered the event management system throughout the different pillars.
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“They are burning the midnight oil vigilantly, and our healthcare facility abilities are likewise triggered, such that we can intend to include this case, as has actually held true in other nations, however we will not relent. Our population ought to appreciate public health instructions.”
“Most of our states have appropriate action strategies. We have the resources, and we’re mobilising those abilities. And we’re likewise positive that if we advance this course, we must have the ability to damage this break out. 
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He even more advised residents to prevent false information while combating the infection.
“The secret likewise for the population is to prevent spreading out false information or unwarranted rumours, which can trigger unneeded panic. The Task Force management has actually satisfied. WHO and Africa The CDC is working carefully with the group.
“In addition to our extraordinary public health doctors who had actually effectively tamed this infection in 2014, and had actually added to other nations, we are positive that if we continue in this instructions, we will emerge out of this crisis in a much more powerful location,” Pate ensured.
Other members of the committee at the conference were the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap; Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Bunmi Kuku; General Manager (FAAN), Adamu Adamu; WHO Representative, Pavel Ursu; Special Regional Representative to the Director General, Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Aliko Ahmed.
Others consist of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Operations and the Secretary of the Task Force, Oyinade Nathan-Marsh; Public Health Executive, Niniola Williams; Mandate Secretary for Health and Environment, FCT, Dr Dolapo Fasawe; and Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (State House Medical Centre), Dr Victoria Ogala.
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olajumoke Oduwole; Commissioner for Health, Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi; and Director of Operations, Licensing and Training Standards (DOLTS), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Donald Spiff, likewise signed up with the conference by means of Zoom.
Bayo Onanuga
Unique Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)
October 21, 2026
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