ogun write to adeboye on protection against ebola disease

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr.
Olaokun Soyinka, on Thursday said the state
government had written a letter to the authorities
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to take
precautionary measure against the spread of the
deadly Ebola Virus Disease 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 instructed the health ministry to
interact with Muslim and Christian leaders and any
other groups that have large crowd.
While he explained that the state had started
training programme for health officials in local
government areas, he noted that the state was
already collaborating with Federal Government
agencies in the border areas to prevent carriers of
the virus from entering the state.