ABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to set up a committee to oversee the cholera emergency operation centre operated by the National Centre For Disease Control, NCDC.
The minister said: “The council then approved a cabinet committee comprising the federal ministries of health, ministry of finance, water resources, environment, youth, aviation, and education because some of our children will be returning to school. Meanwhile, as Nigeria faces a critical sanitation challenge with the cholera outbreak, health experts have called for a multi-pronged approach, by prioritising sanitation and enforcing regulations against open defecation.
As of June 24, 2024, the National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, reported 1,528 suspected cases of cholera and 53 deaths across 31 states and 107 LGAs in Nigeria since the beginning of the year. The case fatality rate is 3.5 per cent. According to a public health expert, Dr Casmier Ifeanyi, Nigeria has continued to pay lip service to water, sanitation, and hygiene, WASH.