Ebola will be boxed to a corner – Governors

Governors of the 36 states on Wednesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that the Ebola virus would soon be contained as the spread was being controlled across the states.
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State made this known when he briefed State House correspondents after an Ebola virus response meeting of the governors, summoned by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Chime said the state governments had the capacity to fight and contain the virus.
He said already, measures had been put in place by the respective state governments to curtail the spread.
He said: “We all came out of this meeting happy.
“Happy because of the initiative of Mr President.
“The collaborative efforts just mentioned by the Governor of Lagos State, it has come to the fore.
“People are now prepared to fight this Ebola.
“Ebola will certainly be boxed to a corner.
“We have agreed to deal with this (virus).
“Having heard from our professionals, the Commissioners for Health, it has actually been shown that we have the capacity to fight Ebola.
“The Minister (of Health) has been very useful in not just his suggestions, but also in things that will be done.”
Also addressing the correspondents on the outcome of the meeting, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State warned contractors against supplying fake or sub-standard equipment for the treatment of the Ebola virus.
According to Fashola, victims of the virus should not be kept in prayer houses as the disease requires orthodox medicine in addition to the prayer.
He said: “This is not the time to make fast Naira.
“Next week will be defining for us to know what cases have multiplied.
“This is not something you keep in religious house to pray.
“Infected persons are not patients you can move by taxis.
“If they need prayers, now it can be done electronically.
“We are now 99 per cent following the cases.
“We need to have a 100 per cent because if we have one infected person, it is a global risk, not just Nigeria.
“We have to drop our traditional behaviours such as shaking of hands and nobody should be offended.
“We have to stop defecating and urinating in public, particularly at this time of our challenges.”