The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has criticised the way and manner the state government is responding to the current cholera outbreak in the state.
According to the party, the government of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has not responded well to stem the spread of the disease.
On Friday, the state disclosed that the death toll has risen to 24 from 21 recorded on Thursday, while suspected cases are now 417 from 401.
The party alleged that Sanwo-Olu’s government has done nothing except issuing advisory.
“Labour Party in Lagos State is calling to question the responsiveness of the state government to the current cholera epidemic in the state, the scourge is fast spiralling.
“LP Lagos State is upset that the Babajide Sanwo-Olu government has not accorded the problem the kind of response it should.
“So far ,the government has not done more than a mere issuance of advisory.
“Has the government looked into the remote and direct cause of the disease with a view to abate the spread of the dreaded disease?Time for action is now,” the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Olubunmi Odesanya, said in a statement on Friday.
Odesanya called on the government to step up its efforts towards taming the transmission of the disease.
“The Labour Party in Lagos State has continued to watch with amazement the less-than-warm attitude and disposition of the state government to the issue.
“To us in the Labour Party, it seems the state government does not appreciate the threats posed by the continued spread of the disease.
“Rather than tackle this very serious matter frontally by activating the heath systems to tame the scourge, the best the Sanwo-Olu -led government has been able to do is to issue an ineffectual advisory, which has not ,in anyway, curbed the spread of the scourge,” she said.
THE WHISTLER reports that cholera is a noxious disease transmitted through consumption of contaminated food or water.
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