Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, has urged the federal government to declare a state of emergency in response to the country’s cholera epidemic.
He made the plea in a statement on Saturday, emphasising the importance of coordinated collaborative stakeholder effort to halt the spread.
The Nigeria Centre for sickness Control (NCDC) has already announced the outbreak of the water-borne sickness in 30 states throughout the Federation.
Chinda made it clear that “the outbreak highlights critical deficiencies in public health safety measures and underscores the need for immediate action” .
According to him, inadequate investment in public and personal health education has played a key role in the spread of avoidable illnesses.
He said:
“As schools across the nation resume from the recent public holidays, there is an urgent need to declare state of emergency on cholera”.
“This declaration will enable coordinated efforts at all levels of government to deploy resources swiftly toward containing the outbreak, improving sanitation infrastructure, and intensifying public health education campaigns.
“Government at all levels must prioritise allocation of resources toward improving water and sanitation facilities in affected communities.
“We call upon stakeholders, including government agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations, community leaders and individuals to collaborate in combating this outbreak.”
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