Tuesday 19 August 2014

Ebola: Rivers Assembly summons health commissioner, others




The Rivers State House of Assembly has invited the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, to appear before it tomorrow on the preparedness of the state government to tackle the Ebola virus scourge.
It has also ordered  the Chairman of the  State Civil Service Commission and the Provost of the State College of Health Science and Technology and some aggrieved lecturers  of the institution to appear over employment scandals. The  decisions were taken yesterday, during plenary at the old Government House Chamber, Port Harcourt. The invitation to the Health Commissioner, followed a motion by the Deputy Leader, Robinson Ewor, that the commissioner should appear to brief the lawmakers on the plans put in place by the state government to contain the ravaging virus. The lawmakers unanimously approved the summon, saying that proactive measures should be taken by the government against the disease including education of members of the public on precautionary measures. In another development, the lawmakers have summoned the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Provost of the College of Health Science and Technology over a complaint made against them by some lecturers.
Sun Newspaper

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