The FCT Primary Health Care Board has been charged to put in place precautionary measures to guard against the outbreak of cholera epidemic that has ravaged some states in Nigeria.
The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud made the call while taking briefs from the Director of the FCT Primary Health Care Board at the 190th FCT Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) held in her office.
Special Adviser on Media, Austin Elemue in a statement quoted Mahmoud to have expressed satisfaction over non reported cases of the epidemic in the nation’s capital
However, she warned that as the seat of government all necessary measures should be put in place to avoid any outbreak of the disease.
“I am indeed delighted that no case of the cholera epidemic has been reported in any of our primary healthcare centres across the six area councils in the FCT.
“However, that does not give us room to relax because this is the seat of government. The FCT Primary Health Care Board should put in place measures to guard against any outbreak of the disease.
“By now, I was expecting the board to commence radio jingles in different major languages and sensitization programmes in our schools, markets, mosques and churches. We should not give room for the outbreak before we start fire brigade approach. That will not be acceptable,” she warned.
