Sunday, June 16, 2024 -The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has blamed the recent cholera outbreak in the country on poor sanitation and a shortage of resources.
The
agency’s Director General, Jide Idris who appeared on a Channels
Television program on Saturday, June 15, to discuss the outbreak of the disease
which has already claimed 15 lives in Lagos, called on governments to provide
access to clean water and toilets as part of measures to prevent the outbreak
of the disease.
He said;
“If you go back to this cholera case, to
me, it’s a problem of poor sanitation, both personal and environmental; it’s a
problem of lack of access to water. The easiest way for good personal hygiene
is hand-washing, especially after using the toilet, and before you cook your
food.
“But in a situation where you tell people
to do hand-washing and there’s no access to water, it’s a problem. So, I think
everybody, including the Federal Government, the state government, different
agencies, local governments, even the people themselves, the community, have to
come around.”
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