A monkeypox sufferer
As
anxiety grips many Nigerians over the outbreak and reported spread of
the monkeypox virus, the House of Reps has summoned the Minister of
Health. According to a Punch Metro report, the House of Representatives on
Tuesday summoned the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, over the
outbreak of Monkeypox in the country.
The House took the decision in Abuja just as the National Centre
for Disease Control confirmed that 31 cases of the disease had been
recorded already.
The National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Dr.
Chikwe Ihekweazu, had disclosed that Monkeypox had spread to seven
states.
The states are Bayelsa, Rivers, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Ogun, River and Lagos.
At its plenary in Abuja presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu
Dogara, the House was alarmed that the disease was spreading while it
appeared that the Federal Ministry of Health was helpless without
relying on the World Health Organisation.
A lawmaker from Bayelsa State, Mr. Diri Douye, raised the issue
under matters of urgent national importance, praying that the minister
should be summoned.
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