In a bid to contain the dreaded Ebola virus, the Lagos State Government and some
federal delegates led by Lagos State Commissioner for Health,
Dr. Jide Idris on Sunday paid a visit to the General Overseer of the
Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua.
The visit was aimed at sensitising the church and its membership on the menace of the deadly Ebola virus.
Idris said, “We have our strategies that
we intend to share with you. Again, we need to know the resources you
have here because whether it is one or two cases, if they are allowed to
get out, it is a major problem. We are here to work together on how to
contain this disease.”
Idris said the delegation decided to pay
the visit to the SCOAN because of the recognition that it was an
international Christian centre whose congregation comprised people from
all over the world, including the countries of the West African
sub-Region which had already been infected by the Ebola disease.
The Director, Centre for Disease
Control, Professor Abdulsalami Nasidi, added that the visit was also to
inform the Synagogue leader of the deadliness of the Ebola Virus, and
ensure that it did not escape into the country.
Prophet Joshua, in his reaction, promised to work with government.
One of such measures, he said, was to visit any of the countries, rather than allow their residents come into Nigeria.
He also promised to suspend some of his
major Church healing programmes for a few weeks adding, “I am ready to
work with you. I love my country and I will be ready to work with you.
Even if it is a rumour, there is need to secure our environment to
ensure that it is safe.”
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