Ebola; Red alarts on ports

The Nigerian Ports

the members of the Nigerian port authority have been warned to be be vigilant as ports are gateways to the deadly Ebola virus, hence vulnerable, cautioned port operators, especially first line contact officers against negligence when dealing with foreigners and vulnerable group.

Malam Habib Abdullahi

Malam Habib Abdullahi, The Managing Director of (NPA) Nigerian port authority said in a statement that precautionary measures will be instilled in the workplace environment and in the port that

the medical department of the authority has equally issued guidelines to all its medical personnel on protection and prevention measures to be adopted in discharge of their duties.

These precautionary measures to be instilled in the workplace environment and in the port terminals will be carried out in collaboration with the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Division of the authority and the Port Health Department.

According to him, the measures are in line with the information from the World Health Organization