UN secuirty council commends Nigeria on handling of Ebola outbreak

The  UN council members at a session applauded the nation’s quick and adequate response, containment strategy and implementation and urged continued vigilance and improvement on response strategies to keep the disease at off way.

The President of the UN Council and a Nigerian, Professor Joy Agwu, expressed satisfaction over the development, recognizing regional collaborations of the African Union and ECOWAS in fighting the disease, which she describes as a security threat and a menace to the society.

She noted that the Ebola disease became a security threat to the world, Africa and Nigeria.

“A programme of work for the month of our presidency, we want ted to highlight the question of Ebola and to make sure it is on the front burner within the international community to make sure that we not only maintain a zero disease but almost at the point where it does not recur,” she said.

She said that UN Council wanted to build linkages between, regional cooperation, considering the nature of the Ebola disease, as a security threat.

Professor O
gwu further commended the efforts of other African countries to mobile in the effort to fight back Ebola.