The Presidential Activity Pressure on Ebola Preparedness, Virus Illness Preparedness and Rising Public Well being Threats has confident Nigerians it may well take care of Ebola within the nation.
The Chairman of the Activity Pressure and Leader of Workforce to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, stated this whilst talking to newsmen after the crowd’s emergency assembly on the State Area on Wednesday.
Gbajabiamila stated the Activity Pressure has been running in the back of the scenes because it used to be inaugurated in June this yr. He added that for this reason it used to be simple to stumble on the index case came upon the day prior to this.
“It’s crucial to notice this. For the reason that factor of Ebola got here up in June, there were about 44, 000 flights out and in of Nigeria. So, it’s on account of what the Ministry of Well being, the duty pressure and the entire companies were doing. All palms were on deck.
“The passenger with the illness confirmed no signs, which got here 4 days after the lady were given into Abuja, and it used to be the id procedure and the protocols that have been installed position that enabled the fast id. That still speaks to the rustic’s capability and skill to take care of this illness as very best as we will be able to,” he stated.
He confident Nigerians that the Activity Pressure would beef up no matter wanted strengthening, the protocols, and make sure extra rigorous enforcement transferring ahead.
“The Activity Pressure is on best of it. NCDC is on best of it; everyone seems to be on deck. We will have to construct neighborhood agree with and steer clear of panic, but it surely’s additionally necessary to state obviously that this can be a collaborative effort between the federal government and the folks.
He appealed to all Nigerians to reply to requires compliance for the great of all.
The Coordinating Minister of Well being and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, stated Nigeria has competent well being government, together with non-public sanatorium operators and companies, Immigration, Aviation, Inner, and subnational actors, who’ve put surveillance programs in position around the nation, in a position to reply.
“We’ve been undertaking touch tracing diligently and separating the ones contacts of the index imported case on this nation. We will be able to proceed to do this, and we need to reassure Nigerians that the government, along its technical companions, the International Well being Organisation, the Africa Centre for Illness Keep watch over, and our personal Nigeria Centre for Illness Keep watch over, have activated the incident control machine around the quite a lot of pillars.
“They’re running day and evening diligently, and our sanatorium features also are activated, such that we will be able to goal to include this situation, as has been the case in different nations, however we can no longer relent. Our inhabitants will have to appreciate public well being directives.”
“Maximum of our states have ok reaction plans. We’ve the assets, and we’re mobilising the ones features. And we’re additionally assured that if we proceed in this trail, we will have to have the ability to dent this outbreak.”
He additional recommended voters to steer clear of incorrect information whilst preventing the virus.
“The important thing additionally for the inhabitants is to steer clear of spreading incorrect information or baseless rumours, which is able to motive useless panic. The Activity Pressure management has met. WHO and AfricaCDC are running carefully with the workforce.
“Along with our remarkable public well being physicians who had effectively tamed this virus in 2014, and had contributed to different nations, we’re assured that if we proceed on this route, we can emerge out of this disaster in a miles more potent position,” Pate confident.
Different participants of the committee on the assembly have been the Comptroller-Common of Nigeria Immigration Provider, Kemi Nandap; Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Bunmi Kuku; Common Supervisor (FAAN), Adamu Adamu; WHO Consultant, Pavel Ursu; Particular Regional Consultant to the Director Common, Africa Centre for Illness Keep watch over and Prevention, Dr Aliko Ahmed.
Others come with the Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Management and Operations and the Secretary of the Activity Pressure, Oyinade Nathan-Marsh; Public Well being Govt, Niniola Williams; Mandate Secretary for Well being and Atmosphere, FCT, Dr Dolapo Fasawe; and Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee (State Area Scientific Centre), Dr Victoria Ogala.
Minister of Trade, Industry and Funding, Olajumoke Oduwole; Commissioner for Well being, Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi; and Director of Operations, Licensing and Coaching Requirements (DOLTS), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Donald Spiff, additionally joined the assembly by means of Zoom.
Bayo Onanuga
Particular Adviser to the President
(Data and Technique)
October 21, 2026
From Left: Particular Regional Consultant to the Director Common, Africa Centre for Illness Keep watch over and Prevention, Dr. Aliko Ahmed; Comptroller Common, Nigeria Immigration Provider, Kemi Nandap; Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Management and Operations and Secretary of the Activity Pressure, Mrs. Oyinade Nathan-Marsh; Mandate Secretary for Well being and Atmosphere, FCT, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe; Leader of Workforce to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Coordinating Minister of Well being and Social Welfare, Mohammad Ali Pate; WHO Consultant, Pavel Ursu, in a Staff {Photograph} after an emergency assembly of the presidential Activity Pressure on Ebola Virus Illness within the State Area on Wednesday, October 21, 2026