#PreventLassa: LETS KICK LASSA FEVER OUT

Lassa fever is a haemorrhagic disease that has spread across West Africa and should not be taken lightly Nigeria.

The Lassa virus is said to be contacted through direct contact with the urine, blood, faeces and other body fluids of rodents and infected persons.

Visible symptoms includes; headaches, fever, general body fatigue, nausea, vomiting muscle and chest pain, bleeding form the nose, vagina or gastrointestinal tract,  coma on severe cases, and all others.

There is currently no vaccine that protects against Lassa fever but the anti-viral drug named Ribarivin is said to be effective on the disease at an early stage in the course of clinical illness. Hence, prevention seems to be the best bet.

The #PreventLassa Campaign and competition is brought to you by Leadershiponline and Wemy industry in a bid to reduce the spread of Lassa fever through promoting hygiene and healthy living.


source: Leadership Newspaper

ATTEMPT TO INDICT ME IN ARMS SCAM.....A JOKE - OKONJO-IWEALA

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has described as a joke attempt by Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, to link her to the raging $2.1 billion arms scandal.

A statement issued by her media adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu, said the ex-minister “has absolutely nothing to do with the alleged misuse of $2.1billion by the office of the former National Security Adviser.”

The statement said, “Falana and his sponsors are simply trying to invent a connection where there is none.”

Okonjo-Iweala she sought and received the approval of former President Goodluck Jonathan for the release of part of the returned Abacha funds to the ex- NSA, Sambo Dasuki, for purchase of arms which is totally separate from the $2.1 billion.”

She added: “Some of the funds recovery was done under the regime of Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and the first term of President Olusegun Obasanjo when Dr. Okonjo-Iweala was not even in government.”

During her time as Finance minister in the Obasanjo administration, Okonjo-Iweala said $500million was recovered by the government.

“As documented by the field study conducted by the World Bank with the assistance of national and international NGOs, this amount was properly applied. Falana’s insistence on the contrary shows how despicable he is and how he is ready to ignore facts and concoct a fiction in the service of his sponsors,” the ex-minister stated.

Source: The Nation