Cholera: Agege local government rules out school feeding operations

Cholera: Agege local government rules out school feeding operations

By Jeffrey Agbo

Agege Local Government in Lagos State has stopped food distribution to schools in the area to contain the spread of cholera.

Chairman of the council, Ganiyu Egunjobi, told NAN on Friday that the council had also commenced sensitisation activities to prevent further spread of the disease.

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According to the Chairman, efforts have been made to sensitize market participants and schools through radio to prevent the outbreak in the community.

“To ensure the safety of pupils and students, we have banned all school meal vendors from working.

“We informed both the pupils and the students through the radio stations that they should bring food to protect themselves from the cholera disease.

“This development will enable us to detect and prevent outbreaks in our community,” he said.

The disease has spread to over 30 states in Nigeria. In Lagos alone, 24 deaths have been recorded out of 417 cases.

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Egunjobi said schools were visited and inspected to ensure that children were in good health and environmental conditions.

According to him, traders in various communities in Agege have also been educated and sensitized to practice environmental sanitation to prevent the outbreak of cholera.

“We are working tirelessly to contain the threat of a cholera outbreak in our community.

“We use various channels to talk to our population, such as through landlord associations and others, and to make them aware of the need to pay attention to hygiene when preparing food and drinks.

“We urge residents to familiarize themselves with precautionary measures against the deadly cholera outbreak,” he said.