Nigeria’s
House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its committee on
Healthcare Services to invite the Minister of Health to ascertain the
ministry’s handling of the recent outbreak of Meningitis in parts of the
country.The resolution to invite Prof. Isaac Adewole followed the adoption of
a motion entitled “Urgent Need to Curb the Scourge of Meningitis in
Nigeria’’ sponsored by Rep. Johnson Oghuma (Edo-APC).The committee was also mandated to ensure there was no scarcity of
the vaccine to treat patients and report back to the house within two
weeks.Moving the motion earlier, Oghuma had expressed sadness with the
developing, saying that the disease was ravaging parts of the country
unchecked.He said that the scourge had so far killed no fewer than 230 persons, with numerous others hospitalised.The lawmaker condoled with families of victims of the disease and
said that the extent of the spread of the scourge would have been
minimised if adequate proactive measures were taken.Oghuma said “the outbreak being an annual phenomenon, the Federal
Ministry of Health ought to have been proactive to anticipate and put in
plans to address it.“This ravaging scourge of meningitis may not be over unless measures are taken to curb the spread,’’ he added.
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