Okpebholo Sets Up Ebola Preparedness Committee, Names Deputy Governor Chairman

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has set up a committee on Ebola Emergency Preparedness and Response with his Deputy, Dennis Idahosa as chairman.
 A statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Patrick Ebojele, noted that the committee would coordinate the state’s preparedness and response to any Ebola disease threat in the state.
Membership of the committee cuts across government ministries, health institutions, security agencies, professional bodies, development partners and community leaders.
According to the statement, the government's  representatives include officials from the ministries of Health, Environment, Livestock, Local Government, Finance, and Information and Communication, as well as the Edo State House of Assembly Committee on Health and the governor’s Special Adviser on Health.
Others also, include the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Department of Port Health as well as the National Orientation Agency, NOA, even as security agencies represented  are the Police,  Department of State Services, DSS, Nigeria Immigration Service, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC.
Also, health institutions on the committee include the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, ISTH,  Edo State University Teaching Hospital,  EDSUTH, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Edo Specialist Hospital, Central Hospital, Benin, and Stella Obasanjo Hospital.
The professional bodies represented include the Nigeria Medical Association NMA, National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, MANNM, as well as the state chapter of the Association of Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria.