The House of Representatives Committee on Infectious Diseases has urged Nigerians to not panic over studies of a suspected Ebola risk however to stay calm and strictly adhere to preventive pointers issued by well being authorities.
The Committee’s Chairman, Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah, made the decision when he led members of the panel to transient parliamentary reporters in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ogah pressured the necessity for public vigilance, early detection and strict compliance with well being advisories to stop the doable unfold of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
The committee’s enchantment follows a report of a confirmed Ebola case involving a girl who arrived in Abuja from Uganda on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, with well being authorities reportedly tracing 44 contacts for isolation and additional testing.
The lawmakers emphasised that Nigerians ought to depend on verified info from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), reasonably than panic or unverified studies.
They additionally known as on related well being companies on the federal and state ranges to strengthen surveillance, screening at factors of entry, laboratory testing, contact tracing and emergency response measures to stop additional transmission.
The committee expressed concern that delays in figuring out suspected circumstances, isolating confirmed infections and tracing contacts might enhance the danger of transmission and place further strain on the nation’s healthcare system.
It additional recognized public consciousness, sufficient an infection prevention and management provides, healthcare employees’ preparedness and enough emergency response funding as important to containing any potential outbreak.
The lawmakers urged the Federal Government to right away mobilise related private and non-private well being establishments to accentuate preparedness and response efforts.
They additionally known as for the pressing launch of excellent appropriated funds to related well being companies to allow them to hold out their tasks successfully.
The committee additional urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the NCDC to evaluate Nigeria’s preparedness and response capability consistent with present epidemiological proof and public well being steerage.
It pledged to have interaction related ministries, departments, companies and public well being establishments to acquire updates on the nation’s Ebola scenario and report again to the House for additional legislative motion.
The committee additionally acknowledged the significance of collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and different worldwide and regional public well being establishments to make sure that Nigeria’s response measures are guided by scientific proof and worldwide well being rules.
The House had earlier adopted a movement of pressing public significance moved by the Committee’s Chairman, which mandated the Federal Government to right away mobilise all related personal, state, and federal well being companies to be on excessive alert to include the outbreak of the illness.
It urged the federal authorities, by the Ministry of Finance, to launch, as a matter of urgency, all excellent appropriated funds to related well being companies to allow them to discharge their tasks successfully.
The House mandated the Committee on Infectious Diseases to have interaction the suitable ministries, departments, companies, and public well being establishments to acquire updates on Nigeria’s Ebola scenario, preparedness, and response measures, and to report again to the House for additional legislative motion.
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