Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said he will deploy some health workers who helped in the containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state to Sierra Leone .
He disclosed this while speaking at a programme to commemorate the 2,700 days of his administration in office in Ikeja.
“Lagos is free from Ebola, Nigeria is free from Ebola. .But that does not mean there cannot be another case.For as long as people are moving from countries to countries ,the risk of infections is still there.
‘That is why I appeal to the Federal Government to continue to scrutinise people travelling into Nigeria from land,sea and air from regions where the problem is still ravaging.
“That is why some of the things the commissioner for health will be announcing very soon is the arrangements we are making to send some of our health workers and volunteers to go and help out in Sierra Leone.
“That is the only way we ,the whole of Africa and the World can be safe.”
Fashola also announced that he had appointed Dr Oluwakemi Sekoni his Scientific Adviser as a move to enhance better response to Ebola disease and other infectious ailments.
“Today ,I am announcing the appointment of Dr Oluwakemi Sekoni as my Chief Scientific Adviser . She would be presented at a formal inductiuon ceremony shortly, “he said.
Reeling out some of his achievements in the last 100 days, Fashola said the Mainland Power Plant which would supply interrupted power to government facilities in mainland area was completed withing the period.
Fashola said the government also trained no fewer than 3,000 farmers on various aspects of agriculture and supported them with items to support their businesses.
He said work was speeded up at the 70-gallon Adiyan Water Works to improve water supply in the state.