President Bola Tinubu approves ₦10 billion in emergency funding for Nigeria’s preparedness against Ebola virus disease and related emerging public health threats. The decision also establishes a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and Emerging Public Health Threats. Reporting across the outlets says the funding is released immediately to strengthen operational readiness at Nigeria’s National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (or National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention activities, as described by the sources) and to support broader preparedness measures ahead of a potential outbreak.
Premium Times reports that the task force is chaired by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. Its membership is drawn from relevant ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and includes state representatives. Vanguard and Punch similarly describe the approval of the emergency amount and the creation of the presidential task force, framing them as steps to improve national capacity to respond to Ebola and other emerging public health emergencies.
The sources consistently present the announcement as a coordinated executive action combining emergency financing with a dedicated task force structure for oversight and coordination.
