
The Medical and Health Workers Union,
Lagos State council, on Saturday, said that
it would embark on public enlightenment
to discourage drinking of garri for now to
prevent Lassa fever.
Mr Razak Adeofalade, Chairman of the
union, stated this in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
According to him, the house rats that cause
Lassa fever are mostly in contact with
Nigerian most staple food, garri, a cassava
product.
“We are going to encourage members of
the public to stop drinking gari at this
moment, it is better that the cassava flour
is utilised for ‘eba’ because of the use of
hot water. We are waging total war and
that is: ‘War against Rats,’ and that is what
we are going to do to ensure we do not
have another victim of Lassa fever in the
state.
“We will also be telling them to ensure that
their fruits and raw vegetables are
properly washed if they must be consumed
raw and cook to the appropriate
temperature. The whole essence is to
enlighten our people because education
carries a lot of weight in this whole
activity,” he said.
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