Ebola: FG, Lagos Storm Synagogue Church For Victims

                       
Odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com reports that in continuation of efforts to prevent spread of the Ebola Virus disease in the country, a Federal and Lagos State Health Delegation has visited the General Overseer of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, to explore ways to ensure members of the congregation do not include residents or people from the affected countries.

Led by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, the delegation offered to work with the health team of the church in the areas of technical assistance, medical advice and training to ensure that no victim of the deadly disease comes to the church from any of the affected countries undetected.
In his remarks, Dr. Idris said the delegation decided to pay the visit because of the recognition that the church as an International Christian Centre whose congregation comprise people from all over the world including the countries of the West African sub-Region which have been affected by the Ebola disease.
He also said the visit was one of the government’s strategies for sensitising faith-based organisations on the need to co-operate with the government to prevent the spread of the disease in the country by educating their adherents to escalate health issues to medical experts.
Idris said the delegation felt that since the church has some people from the West African sub-region as members and because of the influx and population of the congregation there might be need to check and also raise the awareness level on the disease in the church.
Speaking further, the Director, Centre for Disease Control, Professor Abdulsalami Nasidi, said the visit was also to inform the Synagogue Leader of the deadliness of the Ebola Virus and to ensure that it does not escape into the country.
He noted that so far there was only one imported case of Ebola virus in the country and the governments are “duty bound to make sure it doesn’t escape into Nigeria.”
“So our mission is to come here and work with you to explore ways to make sure that this thing does not explode,” he said.

Daily Independent Report