Nigeria has been grappling with a cholera outbreak that has claimed at least 4,364 lives out of 139,730 suspected cases between 2021 and 2024. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has issued an alert due to the escalating trend of cholera cases across the country, particularly with the onset of the rainy season.
The Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, Chief Dr. Mujidat Folasade Tinubu-Ojo has deemed it fit to address this crucial issue at the weekly Market Traders Stakeholders meeting held on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 at the Market Office, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
Folasade Tinubu-Ojo highlighted the high risk of cholera outbreaks in every society with a high rate of sanitization indsicipline.
She urged all the Market leaders in attendance to go back to their respective markets and conduct proper sanitation exercises; clearing their drainage for free flow of sewage and to avoid water clogging in the drainage systems around each Market.
According to the Iyaloja-General, it is easier to prevent the outbreak of Cholera than to start running helter-skelter for its treatment. She reemphasized that Lagos State, as the centre of excellence should not be named among the states that is infected by the deadly disease due to anyone’s carelessness, and she promised that the Market Council shall work with relevant agencies to keep all Nigeria markets clean and safe for all.
