Six people have died in El Salvador and Guatemala amid heavy rains soaking Central America since the weekend.
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In El Salvador, the hardest hit country so far, three people died yesterday in a landslide triggered by floods in the western district of Tacuba, in the department of Ahuachapan.
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Those deaths follow a previous fatality recorded on Sunday after a tree and a pole fell on a car that was traveling on a highway in the capital.
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Rains have been slamming both countries since Saturday.
The Commissioner of Police, OLATUNJI DISU, has assured the people of the state that he and his men won’t allow the crisis enveloping the Local Government Areas (LGAs) to lead to a breakdown of law and order.
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CP DISU noted that the police are aware of the situation at the different LGAs and expect the different political players to respect the appeal and cease hostilities pending the hearing and determination of their case.
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CP DISU warned that his men are equal to the task of securing the different council headquarters and won’t tolerate any attempt to disturb the peace in the state.
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Meanwhile, the Local Government Chairman of Emohua in Rivers State, CHIDI LLOYD, who has insisted that he won’t leave office after the expiration of his tenure on June 17, has announced an empowerment scheme for residents of his local government area.
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LLOYD in a statement by his media aide, BRIGHT JOSSY, noted that the council under his leadership would distribute machetes and other tools as farm implements to support the development of agriculture in the area.
The Presidency has insisted that the 250,000 naira minimum wage clamour by Organised Labour is unsustainable, warning that the Federal Government cannot channel all its resources to meet such a demand.
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The Special Adviser to President BOLA TINUBU on Information and Strategy, BAYO ONANUGA disclosed this after the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria – ALGON raised concerns over the 62,000 naira proposed by the Federal Government.
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Replying to this, Mr. ONANUGA maintained that unless the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress were selfish, they should consider that the resources meant for the entire Nigerians could not be channeled to only the benefit of their members who are not more than 10 per cent of the entire population.
Following the outbreak of cholera in some states, the Ondo State Government has explained measures it has taken to curb the spread of the disease in the state.
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The state Commissioner for Health, BANJI AJAKA, said on Monday that the state has activated its surveillance for immediate response to any case of cholera in the state.
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The commissioner added that an incident management system would be set up through the EOC, facilitating case detection, isolation and treatment of cases, including complications.
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AJAKA appealed to citizens to maintain a high level of personal and food hygiene and report promptly to the hospital in case of diarrhoea and vomiting.
Also, the Abia State Government has said that there is no cholera in the state and also affirmed that all 109 suspected cases reported in six LGAs of the state between January and June 2024 were all confirmed negative.
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The position was made known by the Abia State Ministry of Health in an updated report covering January to June 2024 in response to the recent alert by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, about increasing cholera cases nationwide.
According to the state epidemiologist, ELEZUO ELEZUO, and Director of Public Health and Disease Control in the ministry, Dr ORIE AGOMUO, 109 suspected cases of cholera were reported in six LGAs but only two samples tested positive after rapid diagnosis testing, RDT.
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It however noted that prevention and rapid response measures have been put in place by the ministry to ensure that Abia remains cholera-free.
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Meanwhile, Akwa Ibom state commissioner for health, Prof AUGUSTINE UMOH will speak to the preparedness of the state against cholera and answer questions bordering on the roles of citizens towards its prevention.
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