The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, blamed the spread of cholera outbreak to poor sanitation at the community level. The Governor also stated that the intake of contaminated water in the State is a contributory factor.
Sanwo-Olu made the revelation at ongoing 2024 Lagos International Water Conference, held at Victoria Island.
Speaking on the outbreak of cholera in the Lagos State, the Governor said the crisis in the country would have spiraled out of control. But it was contained because of the State Government’s proactiveness in controlling the spread of the water borne epidemic.
He said, “But for the quick activation of the State’s incident command mechanism and surveillance system to control the contagious disease, the nation would have been grappling with the “catastrophic consequence” that could have resulted from the reoccurrence of the epidemic.
“Today, we are talking about cholera outbreak. And we have seen the disease spread in last couple of weeks with not too serious fatalities like we had during COVID-19.
Recall that Lagos State has been battling with cholera outbreak for some weeks now.
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