“A total of 175
cases of Lassa Fever have been recorded in the state with eight persons dead
since the current outbreak of the epidemic.
“This is the
highest the state has recorded in the history since the first outbreak in the
state.
“An ambulance has
been dedicated strictly for the use of Lassa Fever cases in the state to help
facilitate the curbing of the disease.
“The affected LGAs are Esan West, Esan
Central, Esan North East, Esan South East, Igueben and Etsako West.”
--- Chief Press Secretary to Edo State Deputy
Governor, Musa Ebomhiana
“ICPC
finds it necessary to issue a statement on the 2019 Corruption Perceptions
Index released recently by Transparency International, the global
anti-corruption watchdog.
“The report ranked Nigeria 146 out of 180 countries with a score of 26
out 0f 100 and painted a dismal picture of the country’s anti-corruption
efforts by placing Nigeria as the second most corrupt country in the West
African region, ” she said.
“More importantly, the strides of government in relation to corruption
prevention measures appear to have been totally ignored.
“Perception is one thing, the reality is another. To lend credence to
perception, it may be helpful to match it against reality especially when
information on perception is coming from a source such as TI."
---- Spokesperson of the Independent and Financial Crimes
Commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa
“I don’t have the achievement of other countries
but this what I can say as far as anti-corruption is concerned there has been a
great leap forward, no contest about that in the last four years, the whole
fight has been transformed, there is a government that has been committed with
the will to fight it,”
- Itse Sagay
-- TheGuardian
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