The Federal Airports Authority of
Nigeria has assured passengers and airport users of safety at the nation's
airports as the World Health Organization announces the outbreak of EBOLA in
the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In a statement released by the
Authority's acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu in
Lagos, the Authority noted that adequate measures have been put in place to
checkmate the re-occurrence of any such outbreak in Nigeria.
Speaking further, she emphasized that
all measures adopted in 2014 to curtail the dreaded virus is very much in place
and has been fortified.
According to her, the EBOLA
Screening Points and detecting machines have been fully re-instated at the
airports. The Authority is also collaborating with the Federal Ministry of
Health, through the Port Health Service to reactivate the EBOLA Awareness and
Sensitization Campaign.
While stating emphatically that
there is no outbreak of EBOLA in Nigeria or at any Nigerian airport, she
implore passengers and airport users to go about their business activities
without fear.
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