Thursday, October 9, 2014

Nigeria donates $3.5m to Liberia, others

 Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu


The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Wednesday said Nigeria had already donated $3.5m as part of its intervention in the affected countries.

Chukwu said the sum was made up of $500,000 to each of the countries and the balance to the common ECOWAS Fund for the disease. He also said 591 health practitioners had volunteered to join the international force that would go to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to help in the containment of the Ebola Virus Disease. He said the volunteers registered with his ministry at three points in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt.

Chukwu said this while speaking with State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 9, 2014 at 12:42 PM

    Giant of Africa...Lets show them the way

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  2. AnonymousOctober 9, 2014 at 12:42 PM

    A good step.

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  3. Pastor JudeOctober 10, 2014 at 5:58 PM

    That's the right direction to go. We lead, they follow.

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