Ebola: FG finally releases N200m grant to Rivers Government
- Admin
- Oct 10, 2014
- 1 min read
Rivers State Government on Friday said it has received N200 million grants from the Federal Government to assist in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease.
The state recorded its first case of Ebola virus disease in August when a medical doctor, Ikye Enemuo, died after treating an ECOWAS diplomat in a Port Harcourt hotel.
He became the first victim of the virus in the state and the 3rd doctor to die of the disease in Nigeria.
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, had announced the approval of N200 million to the state’s government to check the spread of the virus in the state.
Government had earlier released the same amount to Lagos State which recorded the first case of EVD in the country.
Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, confirmed on Friday that the state has received the money.
Parker thanked President Goodluck Jonathan for fulfilling his promise and appealed to Rivers State public to maintain the observance of their personal hygiene to sustain the fight against the disease.
“Let me use this opportunity to thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, he promised to release the sum of N200 million to the Rivers State government to assist in the fight against EVD, that has been done and we have received it,” the Commissioner stated.
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