Abuja (Federal Executive Council News) – The fortnightly meeting of the Federal Executive Council in Nigeria which held in the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Asokoro, Abuja on Wednesday April 2, 2014 has received the report of the outbreak of Ebola disease in some neighbouring countries.
In a briefing with State House Correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku reported that the Council after deliberations resolved that the Nigerian Government would carry out investigations on the claim, confirming that it is ‘Dengue fever’ rather than ‘EVD’ that has been testified.
He rebuff insinuations of the presence of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD in Nigeria as false, saying there are only reports of outbreaks in some neighbouring countries.
The Information Minister also noted that in another development, the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala informed the Council that the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the National Planning Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics has completed the re-basing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP); explaining that the new GDP figure would be released to the public on Sunday April 6, 2014.
“It was revealed that the last rebasing took place in 1990 which was undertaken in line with international best practices and support from IMF, the World Bank and renowned Nigerian economists,” Maku stated.
Labaran Maku further disclosed that the Ministry of Information in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and other stakeholders has alerted the Federal and State Ministries of Health, hospitals, Ports and Border Health Posts on the need to be vigilant and ready to take action should such a threat emerge.
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