Ebola : Ogun State writes Pastor Adeboye

Pastor E A Adeboye

Following the outbreak of Ebola disease in Nigeria, the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Olaokun Soyinka, on Thursday said the state government had written a letter to the authorities of the Redeemed Christian Church of God on the need to be cautious of the deadly Ebola Virus during the RCCG annual convention which started on Monday.
Soyinka said this in Abeokuta, the state capital, while addressing a press conference on the preventive measures being taken by the state.
The Commissioner said the letter was sent to the RCCG authorities last Friday, and that the government requested the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to pass the information to the congregation about Ebola in order to guard against its spread.
He said, “We wrote a letter and sent a team to the Redeemed Christian Church of God, because they are having their annual convention. We asked them to make sure they are vigilant.
“We wrote them last week Friday and reminded them of the dreaded Ebola virus and we commended them for what they have been doing. We asked Pastor Enoch Adeboye to pass the general information on Ebola to the congregation.
Soyinka further said the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, had asked the Health Ministry to interact with Muslim and Christian leaders and any other groups that have large crowd.

He added that the state had commenced training programme for health officials in local government areas of the state.

 

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